The Biography of Imam Shawkani By Salahuddin Ali Abdul Mawjood. The biography provides details about his life and his family, the era in which he lived, his quest for knowledge, the beginnings of his quest for knowledge, his students, his life as a scholar, his love for knowledge and the scholars, his works, his tafsir of the quran, his status in hadith, his status in fiqh, his creed and methodology, his firm adherence to the truth, his sincere advice to the Ummah and much much more.