Abu ʿImran al-Fasi
Abū ʿImrān Mūsā ibn ʿĪsā ibn Abī 'l-Ḥājj (or Ḥajjāj) al-Fāsī (also simply known as Abū ʿImrān al-Fāsī; born between 975 and 978, died 8 June 1039) was a Maliki faqīh born in Fez to a Berber or Arab family whose nisba is impossible to reconstruct. He went to Ifriqiya, where he settled in Kairouan and studied under al-Kabisi (died 1012). Some time later, he stayed in Cordova with Ibn ‘Abd al-Barr and followed the lectures of various scholars there, which his biographers list.
Abu ʿImran al-Fasi
- Name
- Abu 'Imran al-Fasi
- Born
- 974
- Birthplace
- Fes
- Died
- 8 June 1039
- Place of death
- Kairouan
- Nationality
- Morocco
- Occupation
- writer
- Teachers
- Al-Baqillani
- Languages
- Berber · Arabic
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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 Yahya ibn Ibrahim, who was returning from the Pilgrimage and attended Abu ‘Imran's courses. This inspired the foundation of the Almoravids. He wrote a commentary on the Mudawana of Sahnun. Qadi Ayyad (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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• Religion — Islam • Name — Abu 'Imran al-Fasi • Born — 974 • Birthplace — Fes • Died — 8 June 1039 • Place of death — Kairouan • Denomination — Sunni • Jurisprudence — Maliki • Creed — Ash'ari • Influences — Imam Malik Sahnun Al-Baqillani • Influenced — Waggag ibn Zallu al-Lamti Abdallah Ibn Yasin Almoravids Qadi Ayyad
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