Ali ibn Qasim al-Zaqqaq explained

Ali ibn Qasim al-Zaqqaq
Birth Name:Ali ibn Qasim al-Zaqqaq
Birth Date:1506/7
Birth Place:Fez, Morocco
Religion:Islam
Denomination:Sunni
Jurisprudence:Maliki
Main Interests:Maliki common law, Judicial procedures
Notable Works:
  • Lamiyat al-Zaqqaq (Lamia fi al-Ahkam)
  • al-Manhaj al-muntakhab
  • al-Lulu al-masun fi sadaf al-qawaid al-uyun

Ali ibn al-Qasim al-Zaqqaq (; died 1506/7), from Fes, Morocco is one of the most important authors in the field of Maliki common law.[1] He is the author of the well-known Lamiyat al- Zaqqaq (the popular title of Lamia fi al-Ahkam), a textbook on judicial procedures (Amal). al-Manhaj al-muntakhab is another work by al-Zaqqaq on Maliki fiqh.[2] al-Lulu al-masun fi sadaf al-qawaid al-uyun (written in 1815-16) is the verse summary of al-Zaqqaq's, al-Manhaj al-muntakhab and the commentary of Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari (1632) upon it.

Notes

  1. "Al-Lamiya de az-Zaqqaq, al-'Amal al-Fasi de 'Abd ar-Rahman al-Fasi, y al-'Amal al-Mutlaq de as-Siyilmasi" by Henry Toledano, International Journal of Middle East Studies, vol. 5, 1974.
  2. see GAL S II, 376

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