Cairo
Zayn al-Din ibn Nujaym was the leading Hanafi jurist of sixteenth-century Cairo, author of al-Bahr al-Ra'iq, a commentary on Kanz al-Daqa'iq, and al-Ashbah wa…
Zayn al-Din ibn Nujaym was the leading Hanafi jurist of sixteenth-century Cairo, author of al-Bahr al-Ra'iq, a commentary on Kanz al-Daqa'iq, and al-Ashbah wa al-Naza'ir, a classic work on the principles of law. He passed away in 970 AH. His grave is beside the mosque of Sayyida Sakina on al-Ashraf Street.