Ali ibn al-Qattan
Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Yahya (1166–1231), better known as Ibn al-Qattan al-Fasi was an imam, a hadith scholar and one of the leading intellectuals of the time of the Almohads. He was born in Fez (in present-day Morocco) and died in Sijilmasa. He is the author of Kitab al-nazar fi ahkam al-nazar bi-hassat al-basar and Bayan al-Wahm wa al-iham al-waqi'in fi kitab al-ahkam.
Also recorded as Ali Ibn Qattan · ʿAlī Ibn-Muḥammad Ibn-al-Qaṭṭān al-Kutāmī
Ali ibn al-Qattan
- Name
- Ibn al-Qattan
- Birth Name
- Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Yahya
- Born
- 1166
- Birthplace
- Fez
- Died
- 1231
- Place of death
- Sijilmasa
- Occupation
- Imam, Hadith Scholar, Intellectual
- Languages
- Arabic
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Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Yahya (1166–1231), better known as Ibn al-Qattan al-Fasi was an imam, a hadith scholar and one of the leading intellectuals of the time of the Almohads. He was born in Fez (in present-day Morocco) and died in Sijilmasa. He is the author of Kitab al-nazar fi ahkam al-nazar bi-hassat al-basar and Bayan al-Wahm wa al-iham al-waqi'in fi kitab al-ahkam.
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• Name — Ibn al-Qattan • Birth Name — Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Yahya • Born — 1166 • Birthplace — Fez • Died — 1231 • Place of death — Sijilmasa • Religion — Islam • Occupation — Imam, Hadith Scholar, Intellectual • Notable Works — Kitab al-nazar fi ahkam al-nazar bi-hassat al-basar, Bayan al-Wahm wa al-iham al-waqi'in fi kitab al-ahkam Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Qattan
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- 1.Chaumont, Eric. La notion de 'awra selon Abû l-Ḥasan 'Alî b. Muḥammad b. al-Qaṭṭân al-Fâsî (m. 628 /1231). Revue des mondes musulmans et de la Méditerranée. 113–114. 109–123. 2006-11-07. 0997-1327.
- 2.Maghen, Ze'ev. See No Evil: Morality and Methodology in Ibn Al-qattān al-Fāsī's Ahkām al-nazar bi-Hāssat al-Basar. Islamic Law and Society. 14. 3. 342–390. 2007-01-01. 0928-9380.
- 3.ed. al-Huasayn Ayat Said, 5 vols (Riad: Dar al-Tayba, 1997 ref. in:Jonathan A. C. Brown, The canonization of al-Bukhārī, BRILL, 2007, passim
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