Abu Abd Allah Mahamad ibn Ahmad Mayyara (; 1591–1662) was a jurist and theologian from

Fes Fez () or Fes (; ) is a city in northern inland Morocco and the capital of the Fez-Meknes administrative region. It is one of the largest cities in Morocco, with a population of 1.256 million, according to the 2024 census. Located to the nort ...

, one of the most reputable scholars of his time. He is the author of a commentary on the ''Tuhfa'' by Ibn Asim, a commentary on ''Al-Musrhid al mumin'' by his teacher Ibn Ashir and ''Sharh al-Shaykh Mayyara li-Lamiyya al-Zaqqaq'', a commentary on al-Zaqqaq's Lamiyya. Mayyara's ''Nazm al-la'ali wa-l-durar'' contains a fahrasa and hence biographical information about himself.Garcia-Arenal, M.G. "'Nasihat al-Mugtarrin of Mahamad Mayyara (d.1072/1662): A Collection of Fatwàs on the Bildiyyin of Fez", ''The Maghreb Review'', 16, 1-1 (1991): 84-94

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