When we discuss the contribution of Shaikh Jamal AI-Din AI-Almi, based on his manuscript Kitab AI-Fatwa, we find that his work represents a masterpiece in legal and cultural history. In gene rai, the inS expresses his legal and theological opinions whi ch are offered in the form of Fatwa. Also, AI -Almi mentions, in his Kitab AI-Fatwa manuscript, his legal sources from which he derived the answers to the questions he was asked. The sources he indicates include the Q uran, Hadith, Sunna, Ijma' and qiyas. These are the basic sources for AI-Anni's Fatwa. He also accepted customary law Cur! '-'YO) so lon g as it did not contrad ict the Sharia, given the circumstances that existed during the 19,h century in north ern Ethiopia where he lived. The language and content of the manuscript point to a very high degree of Islamic cultural and literary development in the country . Inquiries were submitted to Shaikh AI-Anni from virtually all sectors of Muslim society from all parts of Ethiopia. His leadership is still recogni zed and he is widely known as th e most prominent s piritual leader and teacher of the Muslim popUlation in Etl1iopia and elsewhere in the Horn.