Akmal al-Din al-Babarti
Akmal al-Din al-Babarti, was a Hanafi scholar, jurist, scholastic Maturidi theologian, mufassir, muhaddis, grammarian, an eloquent orator, and prolific author with more than 40 works to his name.
He was praised by several famous scholars, including Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani, Al-Suyuti, Al-Maqrizi, Ibn Qutlubugha, Ibn Taghribirdi, Ibn al-Hinna'i, Muhammad ibn Iyas, Ibn al-'Imad al-Hanbali, and Abd al-Hayy al-Lucknawi, and the Sultan Barquq was honoring him.Teachers
After studying in Aleppo, he moved to Cairo in 740 A.H. where he studied with Shams al-Din al-Isfahani, Qawam al-Din al-Kaki, Abu Hayyan al-Andalusi, Ibn 'Abd al-Hadi and other renowned scholars.
He was appointed as professor in Cairo in the khanqah of the Amir Sayf al-Din Shaykhu/Shaykhun al-Nasiri, who was originally a member of the household of Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad b. Kalawun.Students
Among his celebrated students are Al-Sharif al-Jurjani and Shams al-Din al-Fanari.Books
He wrote more than 40 works in Aqidah, Kalam, Fiqh, Usul al-Fiqh, Tafsir, Hadith studies, Islamic inheritance jurisprudence, Nahw, Arabic literature, Morphology, and Rhetoric.
He wrote commentary on al-Kashshaf. His other works include commentary on Mashariq al-Anwar, commentary on Mukhtasar of Ibn al-Hajib, commentary on Nasir al-Din al-Tusi's Tajrid al-I'tiqad, commentary on al-Hidaya on jurisprudence, commentary on the Alfiyya of Ibn Malik on grammar, commentary on al-Manar, and commentary on al-Bazdawi.
Some of his books are as follows:
