Badr al-Din al-Hasani

Abū Muḥammad Maḥmūd ibn Aḥmad ibn Mūsā Badr al-Dīn al-ʿAynī, often quoted simply as al-'Ayni was a Sunni Islamic scholar of the Hanafi madh'hab and the Shadhili tariqa. Al-'Ayni is an abbreviation for al-'Ayntābi, referring to his native city. He was an eminent scholar regarded as one of the most influential Hanafi jurist and hadith scholar of his time.

Connection to Damascus

Born lived and died in Damascus; taught at the Umayyad Mosque for decades.

Known for

One of the greatest Islamic scholars of his era; teacher of generations of scholars.