Zain al-Din al-'Iraqi

Imam
Zain al-Din al-'Iraqi
Imam Zain al-Din al-'Iraqi
زين الدين العراقي
Title	Shaykh al-Islām; Zain al-Din; Al-Ḥāfiẓ
Personal life
Born	1325; Cairo, Mamluk Egypt; (present‐day Egypt)
Died	1403 (aged 78); Cairo
Era	Mamluk period
Region	Egypt
Main interest(s)	Hadith sciences, Islamic jurisprudence
Notable work(s)	Alfiyya of al-Iraqi
Occupation	Scholar, Traditionist, Jurist
Religious life
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Shafi'i
Creed	Ash'ari
Muslim leader
	Influenced by Al-Shafi'i; Abu Hasan al-Ash'ari; Al-Ghazali; Ibn al-Salah; Taqi al-Din al-Subki; Salah al-Din al-Ala'i; Jamal al-Din al-Isnawi; Ibn Kathir; Ibn Abd al-Hadi;
	Influenced Wali al-Din al-'Iraqi; Nur al-Din al-Haythami; Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani; Badr al-Din al-Ayni; Ibn Rajab; Ibn al-Jazari; Taqi al-Din al-Fasi; Al-Damiri; Al-Qalqashandi;

ʿAbd al-Raḥīm b. Ḥusayn b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Ibrāhīm b. Abū Bakr b. Ibrāhīm al-Kurdī al-Miṣrī al-Rāzinānī al-Mihrānī al-Irāqī al-Atharī al-Shāfiʿī Arabic: عبد الرحيم بن حسين بن عبد الرحمن بن إبراهيم بن أبي بكر بن إبراهيم الكردي المصري الرازناني المهراني العراقي الأثري الشافعي, commonly known as Zain al-Din al-'Iraqi (Arabic: زين الدين العراقي or shortly Al-Ḥāfiẓ al-ʿIrāqī (Arabic: ابن الملقن; 725-806 AH/ 1325–1403 CE) was an Egyptian-Kurdish Islamic scholar and theologian. He is widely described by contemporaries as "the greatest hadith scholar in his age". A scholar of immense memory and precision, he achieved mastery over every branch of hadith sciences and became a central authority for both transmission (riwāya) and comprehension (dirāya). Revered for his piety, humility, and intellectual depth, al-ʿIrāqī's influence shaped the study of hadith for generations.