Al-Mahalli

{{Short description|Egyptian scholar and jurist (c. 1389–1460 CE)}}

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| religion = Islam

| name = Jalal ad-Din al-Mahalli

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| birth_date = 23 September 1389 CE / 791 AH

| birth_place = Cairo

| death_date = 5 July 1460 CE / 864 AH

| death_place = Cairo

| denomination = Sunni

| Maddhab = Shafi'i

| creed = Ash'ari

| region = Egypt

| main_interests = Fiqh, Tafsir, Sharia, Aqidah

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| works = Tafsir al-Jalalayn, Sharh al-Minhaj

| influences = Siraj al-Din al-Mulaqqin
Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani
Siraj al-Din al-Bulqini
Sharaf al-Din al-Munawi
Ibn Arabi

Imam Al Haramayn

| influenced = Al-Suyuti
Zakariyya al-Ansari

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| ism = Muhammad

| nasab = ibn Shihab al-Din

| kunya = Abu Abd Allah

| laqab = Jalāl al-Dīn

| nisba = al-Mahalli, al-Shāfi‘ī}}

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Abū ‘Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Shihāb ad-Dīn Jalāl ad-Dīn al-Maḥallī ({{langx|ar|جلال الدين أبو عبد الله محمد بن شهاب الدين أحمد بن كمال الدين محمد بن إبراهيم بن أحمد بن هاشم العباسي الأنصاري المحلّي }}; {{circa}} 1389–1460 CE); aka Jalaluddin was an Egyptian renowned mufassir and a leading specialist in the principles of the law in Shafi'i jurisprudence.THE BIOGRAPHIES OF THE ELITE LIVES OF THE SCHOLARS, IMAMS & HADITH MASTERS Biographies of The Imams & Scholars page 281 He authored numerous and lengthy works on various branches of Islamic Studies, among which the most important two are Tafsir al-Jalalayn{{cite encyclopedia|editor=Oliver Leaman |title=Al-Suyuti |encyclopedia=The Qur'an: An Encyclopedia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=isDgI0-0Ip4C&pg=PA619 |year=2006 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-0-415-32639-1 |pages=618–920}} and Kanz al-Raghibin, an explanation of Al-Nawawi's Minhaj al-Talibin, a classical manual on Islamic Law according to Shafi'i fiqh.Ludwig W. Adamec (2009), Historical Dictionary of Islam, pp.238-239. Scarecrow Press. {{ISBN|0810861615}}.

His Tafsir Tafsir al-Jalalayn is considered one of the most famous and popular interpretations of the Qur'an. The mission of preparing the Tafsir was initiated by Jalal ad-Din al-Maḥalli in 1459 and completed after his death by his pupil Jalal ad-Din as-Suyuti in 1505, thus its name, which means "Tafsir of the two Jalals". It is recognised as one of the most popular exegeses of the Qur'an today,http://main.altafsir.com/Al-Jalalayn.asp Tafsir al-Jalalayn, Altafsir.com, accessed 16 March 2014 due to its simple style and its conciseness, as it is only one volume in length. The work has been translated into many languages including English, French, Bengali, Urdu, Persian, Malay/Indonesian,{{Cite book|title=The Qurʼān in the Malay-Indonesian world : context and interpretation|others=Daneshgar, Majid,, Riddell, Peter G.,, Rippin, Andrew, 1950-2016|isbn=9781317294757|location=Abingdon, Oxon|oclc=951623927|date = 2016-06-10}} Turkish, and Japanese. There are two English translations.{{Cite book|title = Tafsir al-Jalalayn|last = Al-Mahalli and Al-Suyuti|publisher = Fons Vitae|year = 2008|isbn = 9781891785160|location = Translated by Dr. Feras Hamza. Louisville}}{{Cite book|title = Tafsir al-Jalalayn|last = Al-Mahalli and Al-Suyuti|publisher = Dar al Taqwa|year = 2007|isbn = 978-1870582612|location = Translated by Aisha Bewley. London}}