As-Sakhawi (902H)

Shams ad-Din Mohammad ibn Abder-Rahman ibn Mohammad as-Sakhawi (831-902H)

Al-Imam, al-Hafidh, al-Muarrikh al-Kabeer, al-Faqih, al-Muqri, al-Muhaddith. Student of Hafidh Ibn Hajar, he never left him. He traveled a lot in search of science, originally from Cairo he died in Medina. Shafi'i of Madhab.