Ahmad al-Wansharisi

Ahmad ibn Yahya al-Wansharisi
Personal
Born1430 or 1431
Ouarsenis mountains (in Algeria)
DiedJune 20, 1508
Fez (in today Morocco)
Resting placeKudyat al-Baraṭil cemetery, Fez
ReligionIslam
RegionMaghreb North Africa
Spain
JurisprudenceMaliki
CreedAsh'ari
Main interest(s)Muslims under non-Muslim rule;
Notarization of legal document
Notable work(s)The Clear Standard;
The Supreme Method and the Pure Source on the Rules of Notarization;
The Most Noble Commerce
OccupationIslamic theologian and jurist
Part of The Supreme Method and the Pure Source on the Rules of Notarization by al-Wansharisi.

Ahmad ibn Yahya al-Wansharisi (Arabic: أحمد بن يحيى الونشريسي, full name: Abu ’l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyā ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wāḥid ibn ʿAlī al-Wansharīsī or simply known as al-Wansharisi, b. 1430 or 1431 in Ouarsenis, d. 1508 in Fez[1]) was a Berber Muslim theologian and jurist of the Maliki school around the time of the fall of Granada.[2] He was one of the leading authorities on the issues of Iberian Muslims living under Christian rule.[3]

  1. ^ "The Supreme Method and the Pure Source on the Rules of Notarization". World Digital Library. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Wansharisi, Ahmad al-". The Oxford Dictionary of Islam. oxfordislamicstudies.com. Archived from the original on September 12, 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
    Journal for the History of Arabic Science. Institute for the History of Arabic Science, University of Aleppo. 1995. p. 12.
    W. G. Clarence-Smith (2006). Islam and the Abolition of Slavery. C. Hurst & Company. p. 28. ISBN 978-1-85065-708-8.
    "Ahmad ibn Yahya al- Tilimsani al- Wansharisi". Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  3. ^ Stewart 2007, p. 298.

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