Ibn Daqiq al-'Id (702H)

Taqi ad-Din Abu al-Fatah Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Daqiq al-'Id (625-702H)

Al-Imam, al-'Allamah, Sheykh al-Islam, Qadi al-Qudah.

He was an Imam in several areas: The Fiqh, the Oussouls, the Arabic language, the Hadith. He was intelligent, very pious, ascetic. He was Maliki then became Shafi'i.