Cairo
Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli was a Shafi'i scholar of Cairo, admired for his precise style, who wrote a commentary on Minhaj al-Talibin and began the commentary on…
Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli was a Shafi'i scholar of Cairo, admired for his precise style, who wrote a commentary on Minhaj al-Talibin and began the commentary on the Qur'an that al-Suyuti completed, known as Tafsir al-Jalalayn. He passed away in 864 AH. He is buried in the old cemetery outside Bab al-Nasr, east of the Fatimid walls, beside Taqi al-Din al-Subki.