Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani

ابْن حَجَر العَسْقَلَاني

The greatest hadith scholar of the later period

Born: 1372 CE, Cairo

Died: 1449 CE, Cairo

Era: Medieval

Field: Hadith

Origin: Cairo, Egypt

Ahmad ibn Hajar al-Asqalani wrote Fath al-Bari — a 13-volume commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari — and Bulugh al-Maram, studied by millions of Muslims to this day.