Wali al-Din ibn al-Iraqi ولي الدين أحمد بن عبد الرحيم بن الحسين العراقي

Wali al-Din Ahmad ibn 'Abd al-Rahim al-Iraqi rahimahullah (762-826 AH / 1360-1423 CE) was a classical Egyptian hadith scholar and the son of the celebrated hadith master Zayn al-Din 'Abd al-Rahim al-Iraqi (d. 806 AH), compiler of the famous Alfiyya on hadith sciences. Growing up in a household of hadith scholarship, Wali al-Din received his earliest training from his father and went on to study under the leading scholars of his era in Cairo. He attained a high rank in the hadith sciences and taught in Cairo, transmitting the scholarly chain of his father. Among his works is Sharh al-Sadr fi Dhikr Laylat al-Qadr, a treatise on the spiritual significance and merits of Laylat al-Qadr, which has been preserved and is available in English translation as 'The Heart's Joy in Remembering Laylat al-Qadr.'