Ibrahim al-Bajuri

Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Šāfiʿī al-Bājūrī (Arabic: إبراهيم بن محمد بن أحمد الشافعي الباجوري) (1784-1860) was an Egyptian-Ottoman scholar, theologian and a dean of the al-Azhar University.

A follower of Imam Al-Shafiʽi, he authored over 20 works and commentaries in sacred law, tenets of faith, Islamic estate division, scholastic theology, logic and Arabic.

[3] al-Bajuri was born in the village of El Bagour, Monufia Governorate of Egypt.

[4] At the age of 14 al-Bajuri entered al-Azhar in order to study the traditional sciences of Islam.

[4] al-Bajuri taught at al-Azhar University, and in 1847 became its rector,[5] a position he held until the end of his life.