Imam Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti, also known as Ibn al-Suyuti, was a mujtahid imam and reformer of the tenth Islamic century.

Al-Suyuti was a prominent Hadith Master, jurist, Sufi, philologist, and historian, who authored works in virtually every Islamic science.

Born to a Turkish mother and a father of Persian origin, Al-Suyuti was born in 849 AH and died in 911 AH in Cairo. His full name was Abd al-Rahman ibn Kamal al-Din Abi Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Sabiq al-Din Jalal al-Din al-Misri al-Suyuti al-Shafi’i al-Ashari.

Al-Suyuti was raised as an orphan in Cairo. He memorized the Qur’an at the age of eight, followed by several complete works of Sacred Law, fundamentals of jurisprudence, and Arabic grammar.

He then devoted his life to studying the Sacred Sciences under approximately 150 sheikhs. Among them were the foremost Shafii and Hanafi sheikhs at the time.