[6] Ibn Hajar was specialized in Islamic Jurisprudence and well known as a prolific writer of the Shâfi'î school.
[6][7] With Shihab al-Din al-Ramli, he represents the foremost resource for fatwa (legal opinion) for the entire late Shâfi‘î school.
[8] Ibn Hajar al-Haytamī was born in 909 AH (1503 AD) in the small village Abū Haytam in western Egypt.
[2] His caretaker al-Shanāwī decided that al-Haytamī should continue his elementary education at the sanctuary of Sayyid Ahmad al-Badawī in Tanta.
[2] Ibn Hajar al-Haytami notes in his writings a beverage called qahwa developed from a tree in the Zeila region.
[9] After completing his elementary education, Ibn Hajar al- Haytamī continued his schooling at al-Azhar[2] where he studied under many noteworthy scholars, the most predominant one being Zakariyyā’ al-Ansārī.