His name is Abul-Hasan Alamuddeen Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Abdus-Samad ibn Abdul-Ahad ibn Abdul-Ghaleb Al-Hamadani Al-Misri As-Sakhawi Ash-Shafi’i. He was born in 558 or 559 A.H. in Sakha, Kafr Ash-Shaikh, Egypt. He died on Saturday in 12/6/643 A.H. and was buried at Qasyoon.