Shams al-Din al-Ramli

Shams al-Din al-Ramli
شمس الدين الرملي
TitleShaykh al-Islām
Shams al-Din
Al-Ḥāfiẓ
Personal life
Born1513
DiedCairo, Ottoman Empire
January 13, 1596(1596-01-13) (aged 82–83)
RegionEgypt
Main interest(s)Fiqh, Hadith
Alma materAl-Azhar University
OccupationMuhaddith, Scholar, Muslim Jurist
Religious life
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceShafi'i
CreedAsh'ari
Muslim leader
Influenced

Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Ḥamza al-Manūfī al-Miṣrī al-Anṣārī S̲h̲ams al-Dīn(Arabic: شمس الدين الرملي; 1513  13 January 1596 CE) also known as Shams al-Din al-Ramli was an Egyptian Sunni scholar, known as the leading Shafi'i jurist and muhaddith in his era. He was considered the tenth century renewer of Islam and nicknamed the "little Shafi'i". He was the son of scholar Shihab al-Din al-Ramli.