Badr al-Din al-Ayni
Badr al-Din al-'Ayni | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | 30 July 1360 |
| Died | 28 December 1451 (aged 91) |
| Era | Medieval era |
| Region | Cairo |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Creed | Maturidi |
Abū Muḥammad Maḥmūd ibn Aḥmad ibn Mūsā Badr al-Dīn al-ʿAynī, often quoted simply as al-'Ayni (Arabic: بدر الدين العيني, romanized: Badr al-ʿAynī; born 26 Ramadan 762 AH/30 July 1360 CE, died 855 AH/1453 CE) was a Sunni Islamic scholar of the Hanafi madh'hab and the Shadhili tariqa. Al-'Ayni is an abbreviation for al-'Ayntābi, referring to his native city. He was an eminent scholar regarded as one of the most influential Hanafi jurist and hadith scholar of his time.