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Ibn bint al-Aqsarayi

Mohib al-Din Abu al-Sa'adat Mahammad ibn Ahmad ibn Abi Yazid al-Sarayi al-Qahiri al-Hanafi known as Ibn bint al-Aqsarayi (Egyptian Arabic: محب الدين أبو السعادات محمد ابن أحمد ابن أبي يزيد السرائي القاهري الحنفي; 1388 – 1455) was an Egyptian Muslim scholar of the ninth century AH/fifteenth century AD who lived in the Burji Mamluk era. He was born, raised and educated in Cairo. Among his sheikhs are 'Izz al-Din ibn Jama'ah and Shams al-Din al-Bisati. He was a Hanafifaqih, muhaddith, mufassir, and teacher. He traveled to Alexandria, Damascus, Aleppo, Jerusalem, and Amid. Among his works are footnotes on Al-Kashshaf and on Al-Hidaya, which he collected from five commentaries that were not completed. He died in Mecca.