[1] He is best known for his history of the city of Medina entitled Wafa al-Wafa bi Akhbar Dar al-Mustafa.
When al-Samhudi was young, he committed the Holy Qur'an, Minhaj al-Talibin by Imam al-Nawawi, and other literature to memory.
[4] In Cairo, he studied under Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli, Sharaf al-Din al-Munawi Shaykh al-Islam Zakariyya al-Ansari, Ibn Imam al-Kamiliyyah, Ibn Qadi 'Ajlun, Muhammad b. Ahmad al-Jawjari, Muhammad b. Ahmad al-Bami, and many others.
He would become the head of scholars in Medina, representing as their mufti by issuing fatwa's and was the teacher at the Prophet's Mosque.
[4][5] Al-Samhudi authored a profound number of works on a range of subjects including jurisprudence, hadith and history.
This book, along with his Hashiyah (supplementary note) on Imam Nawawi's al-Idah fi al-Manasik, is sometimes quoted by later authorities in the Madhhab.