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Also written as: ابو الفتح شمس الدين محمد بن احمد بن محمد الشهير بالعسقلاني، محمد بن أحمد العسقلاني (إمام الجامع الطولوني)
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704 – 793 AH / 1304/05 – 1390/91 CE No. 12 in the chain from the Prophet ﷺ
Abu al-Fath Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Asqalani of Cairo, a leading teacher born in Jumada I 704 AH near the mosque of Ibn Tulun. He read the seven and ten readings with Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Sa'igh and was the last to read the ten with him. Abd al-Rahman and Ahmad ibn Ayyash and Ibn al-Jazari's son Abu al-Fath were among his students. His memory failed two years before his death on 10 Muharram 793 AH; he was buried in al-Qarafa.
Each route above this person as the published certificates write it, with its own number; the smallest number is the highest chain.
1. no. 12 from the Prophet ﷺ · through ابي اسحاق ابراهيم بن احمد بن اسماعيل بن ابراهيم ابن فارس التميمي الاسكندري · قراءات الائمة الثلاثة ابي جعفر يزيد بن القعقاع المدني وابي محمد يعقوب بن اسحاق الحضرمي البصري وخلف بن هشام بن ابي طالب البزار الصلحي في اختياره · on one certificate
2. no. 12 from the Prophet ﷺ · through الكمال العباسي الضرير · القراءات السبع ورواتها الأربعة عشر · on one certificate
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