Ali al-Qari
Afghan Sufi scholar (died 1605/06)
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Nur ad-Din Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Sultan Muhammad al-Hirawi al-Qari (Arabic: ÙÙر اÙدÙ٠أب٠اÙØس٠عÙ٠ب٠سÙطا٠٠Ø٠د اÙÙرÙ٠اÙÙارÙ; d. 1605/1606), known as Mulla Ali al-Qari (Ù Ùا عÙ٠اÙÙارÙ) was a Persian Islamic scholar.
Ali al-Qari عÙ٠اÙÙار٠| |
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| Title | Mulla (Grand scholar) |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 16th century |
| Died | 1605/06 (1014 AH)[1][2] |
| Nationality |  Ottoman Empire |
| Region | Khurasan and Makkah |
| Main interest(s) | Islamic Jurisprudence, Hadith, Theology |
| Notable work(s) | Mirqat al-Mafatih, Minah al-Rawd al-Azhar, Al-Hizb al-A'zam |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Creed | Maturidi[3] |
| Muslim leader | |
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He was born in Herat, where he received his basic Islamic education. Thereafter, he travelled to Mecca and studied under the scholar Shaykh Ahmad Ibn Hajar al-Haytami Makki, and al-Qari eventually decided to remain in Mecca where he taught, died and was buried.
He is considered in Hanafi circles [1] to be one of the masters of hadith and imams of fiqh, Qur'anic commentary, language, history and tasawwuf. He was a hafiz (memoriser of the Quran) and a famous calligrapher who wrote a Quran by hand every year.
Al-Qari wrote several books, including the commentary al-Mirqat on Mishkat al-Masabih in several volumes, a two-volume commentary on Qadi Ayyad's Ash-Shifa,[4] a commentary on the Shama'il al-Tirmidhi, and a two-volume commentary on Al-Ghazali's abridgement of the Ihya Ulum ad-Din (The Revival of the Religious Sciences) entitled `Ayn al-`Ilm wa Zayn al-Hilm (The spring of knowledge and the adornment of understanding). He also wrote Daw' al-Ma'ali Sharh Bad' al-Amali (Arabic: ضÙØ¡ اÙ٠عاÙÙ Ø´Ø±Ø Ø¨Ø¯Ø¡ اÙأ٠اÙÙ), an exposition of Qasida Bad' al-Amali by Siraj al-Din al-Ushi.[2][5]
His most popular work is a collection of prayers (dua), taken from the Quran and the Hadith, called Hizb ul-Azam.[6] The collection is divided into seven chapters, giving one chapter for each day of the week. This work is sometimes found in a collection with the Dalail al-Khayrat.
He died in Makkah and was buried in Jannat al-Mu'alla Cemetery graveyard.