The sister of the historian Taqi al-Din al-Fassi, Umm Hani, married the Emir of Mecca, Sayyid Hassan Ibn Ajlan.
[5] He was born on Thursday, 8 September 1373 in Mecca, Hejaz, now Saudi Arabia, but spent part of his early life in Medina with his mother after her divorce from his father.
He eventually returned to Mecca as a young man where he took knowledge from its scholars, and in the year 789 AH he completed memorizing the Holy Qur’an and led the people in Tarawih prayers in the Masjid al-Haram.
[5] After completing his academic career, he became a teacher of Maliki fiqh at the Ghiyathiyyah Madrasah in Mecca, which was considered one of the best Islamic institutions in the country and was funded by the Sultan of Bengal Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah.
[5] Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani described him at the time as: “The benefactor of the Hijaz country and its scholar.”[5] As for Al-Maqrizi, the historian of Egypt said: “He is a sea of knowledge and a treasure trove of benefits... and he did not leave behind anyone like him in the Hijaz.”[5] al-Fasi was a prolific writer who wrote numerous works on hadith, jurisprudence, history, genealogy, tasawwuf, etc.