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==Life==
Al-Burini was born in mid-July 1556 in the village of [[Saffuriya]] near [[Nazareth]] in the [[Galilee]], hence his ''[[nisba (onomastics)|nisba]]'' (epithet) "al-Saffuri".{{sfn|Brockelmann|1960|p=1333}} His father Muhammad was originally from the village of [[Burin, Nablus|Burin]] near [[Nablus]] hence the ''nisba'' "al-Burini".{{sfn|Mullazadih|2013|p=45}} At the age of 10 he moved to [[Damascus]] with his father.{{sfn|Brockelmann|1960|p=1333}}
Al-Burini learned the [[Qur'an]] at the [[Manjak Mosque]] in the [[al-Midan|Midan]] neighborhood in his adolescence.{{sfn|Mullazadih|2013|p=45}} Afterward, he received an education in [[Arabic grammar]], ''[[qanun (law)|qanun]]'' (secular law) and arithmetic from Damascene ''[[ulema]]'' (religious scholars) at the Madrasa al-Umariyya in the [[al-Salihiyya|Salihiyya]] neighborhood.{{sfn|Mullazadih|2013|p=45}} His studies there were interrupted by a famine, which prompted him to relocate to [[Jerusalem]] from 1567 to 1571.{{sfn|Brockelmann|1960|p=1333}} In Jerusalem he was taught by Muhammad ibn Abi al-Lutf.{{sfn|Mullazadih|2013|p=45}} He moved back to Damascus in 1571, settling in the [[Sufi]] lodge of Samisatiyya where he expanded his education to literature, ''[[fiqh]]'' (jurisprudence), ''[[tafsir]]'' (Qur'anic interpretations), and [[hadith]].{{sfn|Mullazadih|2013|pp=45–46}} By 1580 he had mastered [[Persian language|Persian]], as taught to him by Persian author Hafiz Husayn al-Karbala'i (d. 1588) in [[Aleppo]] or Damascus.{{sfn|Mullazadih|2013|p=46}} Later in life, he also learned [[Ottoman Turkish|Turkish]].{{sfn|Mullazadih|2013|p=47}}
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