Muhammad Mayyara

Muhammad Mayyara
Mayyara's tomb in Fes
Personal
Born
Abu Abd Allah Mahamad ibn Ahmad Mayyara

1591
Died1662
NationalityMoroccan
Notable work(s)Commentary on the Tuhfa by Ibn Asim, Commentary on Al-Musrhid al mumin by Ibn Ashir, Sharh al-Shaykh Mayyara li-Lamiyya al-Zaqqaq
Known forJurist, Theologian, Scholar of Ash'arism
OccupationScholar, Jurist, Theologian

Abu Abd Allah Mahamad ibn Ahmad Mayyara (Arabic: محمد ميارة الفاسي; 1591–1662) was a jurist and theologian from Fes, one of the most reputable scholars of his time.[1] 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.[2][3]

  1. ^ Hilda Pearson, James Douglas Pearson, E. J. van Donzel, The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Brill 2009, p. 924-5
  2. ^ Mina Elmghari, Hafida Dazi, Nacihat al Mughtarrine, GREJM 2006
  3. ^ 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