Ibnu Hajar Al-Haitami

Ibnu Hajar Al-Haitami (909 H / 1504 M – 974 H / 1567 M). Mahalla Abi al-Haitham, Egypt. Shafi'i Fiqh, Hadith, and Sufism. He was a great scholar of the Shafi'i school who resided and worked in Makkah. His works became primary references in Shafi'i fiqh literature, especially the book Tuhfatul Muhtaj which became the authoritative standard in that school. Among his works: Tuhfatul Muhtaj bi Syarh al-Minhaj, Fathul Jawad bi Syarh al-Irsyad, Al-Minhaj al-Qawim, Fatawa Haditsiyah, Asnal Mathalib fi Shilah al-Aqariib.