Ash-Shawkani (1250H)

Muhammad Ibn Ali ash-Shawkani (1173-1250H)

Al-Mufassir, al-Muhaddith, al-Faqih, al-Muarrikh, al-Adib, an-Nahwi. Among the great scholars of Yemen, he was a Mujtahid who abandoned blind following, author of very beneficial books in all sciences.