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- Country of residence: Palestine
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Sheikh Ahmed bin Yahya al-Karmi
(1591 AD - March 15, 1680 AD) (1000 AH - Safar 14, 1091 AH) and his full name
is Ahmed bin Yahya bin Youssef bin Abi Bakr bin Ahmed bin Abi Bakr bin Youssef
bin Ahmed al-Karmi, and his nickname is Abu al-Abbas, and his title is Shihab
al-Din. He is a scholar A Muslim jurist, he was born in the city of Tulkarm,
Palestine, and he is one of the most prominent Hanbali scholars, and one of the
most prominent Islamic scholars in the eleventh century AH.
His upbringing and his request for
knowledge
Sheikh Ahmed bin Yahya bin Youssef
bin Abi Bakr bin Ahmed bin Abi Bakr bin Youssef bin Ahmed Al-Karmi, his
nickname is Abu Al-Abbas, and his nickname is Shihab Al-Din. He was born in the
city of Tulkarem, Palestine, in the year 1000 AH, corresponding to the year
1591 AD. Where he was born in the Al-Fuqaha neighborhood in the old city of
Tulkarm, and the Al-Fuqaha neighborhood is one of the most famous historical
religious neighborhoods in Palestine, which included the elite of religious
scholars, as the neighborhood brought out a group of religious scholars,
including Sheikh Mari Al-Karmi, Sheikh Ali bin Mansour Al-Karmi, and Sheikh
Muhammad Saeed Al-Jamal and others.
Sheikh Ahmed bin Yahya Al-Karmi grew
up in his city Tulkarem in a family known for knowledge, and he received in
Tulkarem Sharia sciences and the Qur’an, then he moved to Cairo in the year
1026 AH, corresponding to the year 1617 AD, where he learned his knowledge from
the scholars of Al-Azhar, and later became one of the most prominent scholars
of Al-Azhar.
his personal life
Sheikh Ahmed bin Yahya Al-Karmi
lived in a family that was famous for its knowledge. His uncle is the world
jurist Mari Al-Karmi.
his elders
Sheikh Ahmed bin Yahya Al-Karmi
acquired his knowledge from a large number of scholars and sheikhs in various
legal, jurisprudential and linguistic branches. Among the most prominent of
these sheikhs were: his uncle, the scholar and jurist Mar’i Al-Karmi, Sheikh
Mansour bin Yunus Al-Bahuti, and Sheikh Jamal Al-Din Yusuf bin Muhammad bin
Ahmed Al-Futouhi, as well as He took grammar on the authority of Muhammad
al-Hamwi, the obligations and arithmetic on the authority of Sheikh Abd
al-Munim al-Sharbouni, and the hadith on the authority of Sheikh Ali al-Ajhuri
and Sheikh Ibrahim al-Laqani, and many others.
his sciences
Sheikh Ahmed bin Yahya Al-Karmi was
an imam in jurisprudence, language and interpretation.
his death
Sheikh Ahmed bin Yahya Al-Karmi died
in Cairo on Friday night, Safar 14, 1091 AH, corresponding to March 15, 1680
AD, at the age of 89, and was buried in Cairo next to the grave of his uncle,
the jurist Mar’i Al-Karmi.
Scholars praise him
Sheikh Muhammad bin Fadlallah
Al-Muhebi said on the authority of Sheikh Ahmed bin Yahya Al-Karmi: “He was one
of the working scholars and ascetic saints, and he was busy with religious
sciences, not frequenting any of the heads of states, content with a little
provision, adhering to the congregational prayer in the first row at the five
times, He speaks little, has a good conduct, and combines the attributes of
perfection. There is nothing in him that disgraces him in his religion or
worldly affairs.
Sheikh Kamal al-Din al-Ghazi said
about him: “He is the virtuous sheikh, the scholar, the noble jurist, Shihab
al-Din Abu al-Abbas al-Karmi.”
Sheikh Hassan bin Omar Al-Shatti
said about him: “He is the virtuous sheikh, the scholar, the noble, the
jurist.”
His son, Sheikh Abdullah Al-Karmi,
narrated about him: “He saw the truth, Glory be to Him, in sleep three times.”
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