Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Yahya (Arabic: أبو الحسن علي بن محمد بن عبد الملك بن يحيى; 1166–1231) , better known as Ibn al-Qattan al-Fasi (Arabic: ابن القطان الفاسي) was an imam, a hadith scholar and one of the leading intellectuals of the time of the Almohad dynasty.[1] He was born in Fez and died in Sijilmasa.[2] He is the author of Kitab al-nazar fi ahkam al-nazar bi-hassat al-basar[2] and Bayan al-Wahm wa al-iham al-waqi'in fi kitab al-ahkam.[3]

Ibn al-Qattan
Personal life
Born
Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Yahya

1166
Died1231
Sijilmasa, Morocco
Notable work(s)Kitab al-nazar fi ahkam al-nazar bi-hassat al-basar, Bayan al-Wahm wa al-iham al-waqi'in fi kitab al-ahkam
OccupationImam, Hadith Scholar, Intellectual
Religious life
ReligionIslam

References

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  1. ^ Chaumont, Eric (2006-11-07). "La notion de 'awra selon Abû l-Ḥasan 'Alî b. Muḥammad b. al-Qaṭṭân al-Fâsî (m. 628 /1231)" [The concept of 'awra according to abû l-hasan 'ali b. muhammad al-qattan al-fasi (d. 628/1231)]. Revue des mondes musulmans et de la Méditerranée (in French) (113–114): 109–123. doi:10.4000/remmm.4052. ISSN 0997-1327.
  2. ^ a b Maghen, Ze'ev (2007-01-01). "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. doi:10.1163/156851907782792535. ISSN 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