Death of Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani in Cairo

Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani died in Cairo in February 1449. He served as chief Shafi'i judge in Egypt and taught at several madrasas in the city. His main work, Fath al-Bari, is a long commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari. He also wrote biographical dictionaries of hadith narrators, which scholars still use to judge the reliability of reports.