Qadi Iyad

Qāḍī ʿIyāḍ
قاضي عياض
TitleShaykh al-Islām
Al-Ḥāfiẓ
Qāḍī
Personal
Born1083
Died1149
ReligionIslam
EraIslamic Golden Age
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceMaliki
CreedAsh'ari[1][2][3]
Main interest(s)Islamic theology (Kalam), Fiqh, Hadith, History, Legal theory, Tafsir, Arabic language, Genealogy, Poetry
Notable work(s)Ash-Shifa
OccupationScholar, Muhaddith, Qadi, Jurist, Legal theorist, Mufassir, Grammarian, Linguist, Historian, Genealogist, Poet
Muslim leader
Tomb of Qadi Iyad in Marrakesh

Abū al-Faḍl ʿIyāḍ ibn Mūsā ibn ʿIyāḍ ibn ʿAmr ibn Mūsā ibn ʿIyāḍ ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Mūsā ibn ʿIyāḍ al-Yaḥṣubī al-Sabtī (Arabic: أبو الفضل عياض بن موسى بن عياض بن عمرو بن موسى بن عياض بن محمد بن عبد الله بن موسى بن عياض اليحصبي السبتي[5]), better known as Qāḍī Iyāḍ (Arabic: قاضي عياض) (1083–1149), was a Maghrebi Sunni polymath[6] and considered the leading scholar in Maliki fiqh and hadith in his time.[7][8] In addition, he specialized in theology, legal theory, scriptural exegesis, Arabic language, history, genealogy, and poetry.[1][9]

  1. ^ a b Yassin Ghanem Jassim al-Aridi (2024). Classes of Ash'aris, notables of the people of the Sunnah and the community. Dar al-Kotob al-'Ilmiyya. p. 180-181. ISBN 9786144962350.
  2. ^ Gibril Fouad Haddad (2 May 2015). The Biographies of the Elite Lives of the Scholars, Imams & Hadith Masters. As-Sunnah Foundation of America. p. 164. Imam al-Subki mentions him among those who followed the school of Imam Ashari in Beliefs & Doctrine (Aqidah) along with Abu al-Walid al-Baji, Abu al-Hasan al-Qabisi, Abu al-Qasim bin Asakir, Abu al-Hasan al-Muradi, Abu Sad bin al-Samani, Abu Tahir al-Silafi, Qadi Iyad and Al-Shahrastani
  3. ^ Knysh, Alexander D. (1999). Ibn ʻArabi in the Later Islamic Tradition The Making of a Polemical Image in Medieval Islam. State University of New York Press. p. 236. ISBN 9780791439678.
  4. ^ Mohammed Sijelmassi, André Miquel, Royal Illuminated manuscripts of Morocco, p.62,
  5. ^ Camilo Gómez-Rivas, Islamic Legal Thought: A Compendium of Muslim Jurists, p 324. Koninklijke Brill NV ISBN 978-90-04-25452-7
  6. ^ Brockopp, Jonathan E. (10 August 2017). Muhammad's Heirs The Rise of Muslim Scholarly Communities, 622-950. Cambridge University Press. p. 1. ISBN 9781107106666.
  7. ^ Catlos, Brian A. (2018). Kingdoms of Faith A New History of Islamic Spain. C. Hurst & Co. p. 259. ISBN 9781787380035.
  8. ^ Mohammad Ilyas, Syed Kamarulzaman Kabeer (3 June 2008). Unified World Islamic Calendar Sharia' Science and Globalization. Arabic Virtual Translation Center. p. 66.
  9. ^ Bagley, F.R.C. (February 2013). Twenty-three Years A Study of the Prophetic Career of Mohammad. Taylor & Francis. p. 66. ISBN 9781135030414.