Ibn Ashir (1582 – 1631 CE) (
AH 990 – 1042 AH ) known as Imam Ibn Ashir or simply Ibn Ashir was a prominent
Moroccan jurist in the
Maliki
The ( ar, مَالِكِي) school is one of the four major schools of Islamic jurisprudence within Sunni Islam. It was founded by Malik ibn Anas in the 8th century. The Maliki school of jurisprudence relies on the Quran and hadiths as primary ...
school from
Fez
Fez most often refers to:
* Fez (hat), a type of felt hat commonly worn in the Ottoman Empire
* Fez, Morocco (or Fes), the second largest city of Morocco
Fez or FEZ may also refer to:
Media
* ''Fez'' (Frank Stella), a 1964 painting by the moder ...
, Morocco. His ''
Murshid al-Mu'een'' is arguably the best known of the Maliki texts in the Islamic world. It is still widely sung and memorised in
madrasas and Quranic schools throughout North Africa to this day.
See also
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List of Islamic scholars
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List of Ash'aris and Maturidis
The list of Ash'aris and Maturidis includes prominent adherents of the Ash'ari and Maturidi schools of thought. The Ash'aris are a doctrinal school of thought named after Imam Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari, and the Maturidi school is named for Abu Mans ...
References
1582 births
1631 deaths
Asharis
Moroccan scholars
Moroccan Maliki scholars
People from Fez, Morocco
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