Al-Munawi

Muhammad 'Abd al-Ra'uf al-Munawi (also Al-Manawi) (Arabic: محمد عبد الرؤوف المناوي), was an Ottoman period Islamic scholar of Cairo, known for his works on the early history of Islam and the history of Sufism in Egypt. He was a disciple of al-Sha`rani. Author of Tawqīf ʿalā Muhammāt al-Taʿārīf.

Name

Muhammad 'Abd al-Ra'uf ibn Taj al-'Arifin ibn 'Ali ibn Zayn al-'Abidin al-Haddddi al-Manawi (al-Munawi).

Works

• Fayd al-Qadir Sharh al-Jami` al-Saghir (ed. Beirut: Dar al-Ma‘rifah), commentary on the Jami` by Imam al-Suyuti

See also

• List of Ash'aris and Maturidis
• List of Sufis

References

• Johannes Hendrik Kramers & Joseph Schacht (1993). Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E.; Heinrichs, W. P. & Pellat, Ch. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume VII: Mif–Naz. Leiden: E. J. Brill. p. 565. ISBN 978-90-04-09419-2.