Ibn Mufliḥ al-Maqdisë, in full "Shams al-Din Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Muflih ibn Muhammad ibn Mufarraj al-Ramini al-Maqdisi" (710-763 AH/1310-1362 CE), was one of the leading authorities in Hanbali Law and one of the most prolific writers of the Ḥanbalë school of his period. He is a jurisconsult who stands at the head of a large family of jurisconsults, who survived until the seventeenth century. He received his tutelage amongst several prominent Hanbali figures, including Ibn Taymiyyah.
Ibn Muflih married the daughter of the Hanbalis Qadi al-Qudat JamÃÂl al-Dën al-MardÃÂwë (700-769/1300-1367) and had seven children from this marriage, five boys and two girls.
The similarity of some names amongst the descendants of Ibn Muflih is liable to lead to confusion, especially as regards those named BurhÃÂn al-Dën IbrÃÂhëm, of whom there are five.
After a life of writing and teaching in Damascus in three Hanbali madrasas, al-Dòjòawziyya, al-á¹¢ÃÂḥibiyya and al-ÿUmariyya, he died in 763/1362.
He gave particular attention to the juristic preferences of Ibn Taymiyah. His extant works have preserved much that has been lost of earlier Ḥanbali works, notably his ÃÂdÃÂb sòhòarÿëyya (3 volumes, Cairo 1348/1930), which contains many excerpts of KitÃÂb al-Funà «n of Ibn Aqil. His work on legal methodology, KitÃÂb Uá¹£à «l al-fiḳh. KitÃÂb al-Furà «Ã¿ (3 volumes, 1339/1921) is one of the most important Hanbalë works for the establishment of the true legal doctrine of Ahmad ibn Hanbal.