Abu Imran al-Fasi

Abu Imran al-Fasi
ابو عمران الفاسي
Born 974
Fes
Died 1039
Kairouan
Religion Islam
Denomination Sunni
Jurisprudence Maliki
Creed Ash'ari[1]

Abu Imran Yaqub al-Fasi (974-1039) was a Moroccan, Maliki writer born near Fes to a Zenata family.[2]

He is regarded a saint by later Sufi mystics. He played an important role in the history of the Almoravid dynasty. It was his teaching in Qayrawan (Tunisia) that first stirred the Sanhaja.[2][3] He wrote a commentary on the Mudawana of Sahnun. Sidi Kadi Abul Fadl Iyyad (d. 544/1129), author of the Kitab Shifa bitarif huquq al-Mustapha (The Antidote in knowing the rights of the Chosen Prophet), hagiographied Abu Imran al-Fasi in his Tadrib a-Madarik (Exercising Perception), an encyclopaedia of Maliki scholars.

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References

  1. ↑ "حول العقيدة الأشعرية". Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  2. 1 2 Bosworth, C.E. (1980). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, New Edition: Supplement. Brill. p. 40. ISBN 9789004061675. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Rethinking the Almoravids", in: Julia Ann Clancy-Smith North Africa, Islam and the Mediterranean World, Routledge, 2001, p. 60-61

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