Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani (852H)

Shihāb al-Dīn Abū al-Faḍl Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī al-Kinānī (773–852 AH)

A leading Egyptian Shafi’i scholar and hadith master, best known for his monumental commentary Fatḥ al-Bārī on Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī. His extensive works in hadith, history, and jurisprudence have been pivotal in Islamic scholarship.