Ibn Ashir (1582 – 1631 CE) (
AH 990 – 1042 AH ) known as Imam Ibn Ashir or simply Ibn Ashir was a prominent
Moroccan jurist
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in the
Maliki
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school from
Fez, 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
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and Quranic schools throughout North Africa to this day.
See also
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List of Islamic scholars
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Geographical ...
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List of Ash'aris and Maturidis
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References
1582 births
1631 deaths
Asharis
Maghrebi scholars
Moroccan Maliki scholars
Scholars from Fez, Morocco
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