Cairo
Kamal al-Din ibn al-Humam was one of the greatest Hanafi jurists of Mamluk Cairo, the author of Fath al-Qadir, a commentary on al-Hidaya, and of al-Tahrir on…
Kamal al-Din ibn al-Humam was one of the greatest Hanafi jurists of Mamluk Cairo, the author of Fath al-Qadir, a commentary on al-Hidaya, and of al-Tahrir on the principles of law. He passed away in 861 AH and asked to be buried beside Ibn Ata Allah al-Iskandari. His grave stands beside the mosque of Ibn Ata Allah at the foot of al-Muqattam, close to the graves of Ibn Abi Jamra and Ibn Sayyid al-Nas and the khalwa of Sayyida Nafisa.