The Intended Imam Yahya According to al-Shawkani
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Imam al-Shawkani (may Allah have mercy on him) mentions Imam Yahya in *Nail al-Awtar*; he always refers to Imam Yahya. Who is the one intended?
Answer:
Imam Yahya is from the Zaydiyyah, from the imams of the Zaydiyyah in Yemen, because al-Shawkani (may Allah have mercy on him) was from Yemen. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Imam al-Shawkani (may Allah have mercy on him) mentions Imam Yahya in *Nail al-Awtar*; he always refers to Imam Yahya. Who is the one intended?
Answer:
Imam Yahya is from the Zaydiyyah, from the imams of the Zaydiyyah in Yemen, because al-Shawkani (may Allah have mercy on him) was from Yemen. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 18-07-1438هـ — alfawzan.live (48:04)
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