القاضي عياض

Qadi 'Iyad (RH)

al-Qadi 'Iyad

Also known as: Qadi Iyad, 'Iyad ibn Musa

476–544 AH · 1083–1149 CE

Hadith Maliki Fiqh

Maliki judge of Ceuta, author of al-Shifa, the classic on the rights and qualities of the Prophet ﷺ.

'Iyad ibn Musa studied in Ceuta and al-Andalus and became judge of his home city and later of Granada. He was a master of hadith, Maliki law, Arabic and history.

His al-Shifa bi-Ta'rif Huquq al-Mustafa, on the qualities of the Prophet ﷺ and the love and respect owed to him, has been read and recited across the Muslim world for centuries. His Tartib al-Madarik is the great biographical dictionary of the Maliki school, and Ikmal al-Mu'lim is a commentary on Sahih Muslim. He opposed the rising Almohad movement and died in Marrakesh.

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