ʿAbd al-Muʾmin al-Dimyāṭī - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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ʿAbd al-Muʾmin b. Khalaf b. Abī al-Ḥasan b. Sharaf al-Dīn al-Tūnī al-Shāfiʿī al-Dimyāṭī (613-705/1217-1306) was born on the island of Tūna, near the northeastern Egyptian provinces of Tinnīs and Damietta. He was a leading Shāfiʿī ḥadīth scholar, whom biographers consistently praise for his discerning, critical engagement with ḥadīth , his accomplishments in other areas of Islamic learning, and his exemplary moral character. Ibn Ḥajar al-Asqalānī adds that he was extraordinarily good-looking. Unusually, al-Dimyāṭī's career as a ḥadīth scholar