| Ahmad ibn Abi Bakr al-Zuhri | |
| Birth Date: | 767 CE |
| Birth Place: | Medina, Arabia |
| Death Date: | 856 CE |
| Death Place: | Medina, Arabia |
| Nationality: | Arab |
| Occupation: | Scholar, Judge (Qadi) |
| Known For: | Student of Malik ibn Anas, author of al-Mukhtaṣar fī al-fiqh |
| Era: | 8th-9th century |
| School Tradition: | Maliki |
| Main Interests: | Islamic jurisprudence |
| Notable Ideas: | Recension of Malik ibn Anas' Kitāb al-Muwaṭṭaʾ |
| Influences: | Malik ibn Anas |
Abū Muṣʿab Aḥmad ibn Abī Bakr al-Qāsim ibn al-Ḥārith al-Zuhri (Arabic: أبو مصعب أحمد بن أبي بكر القاسم بن الحارث الزهري), 767–856 CE / 150–242 AH, was a Muslim scholar and judge who was a student of Malik ibn Anas.[1]
He was born and lived in Medina, where he wrote a work called ('The Epitome on Fiqh'), as well as a recension of Malik ibn Anas' .[1] He was dismissed from his position as qadi by Qutham ibn Ja'far in 210 AH (825/826 CE).[1] In his judicial opinions (fatwas), he relied not only on hadith reports, but also on rational discretion .[1]
Abū Muṣʿab's recension of the is approximately five to ten percent larger than the recension of Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi,[2] which is considered the 'vulgate' or standard version in the Maliki school of law.[3]
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. 1991. al-Muwaṭṭaʾ li-imām dār al-hijra Mālik ibn Anas. Riwāyat Abī Muṣʿab al-Zuhrī al-Madanī. 1–2. Beirut. Mu’assasat al-Risāla.