| Religion: | Islam |
| Region: | Persia |
| Era: | Islamic Golden Age |
| Asad al-Mayhani | |
| Birth Date: | 1068 |
| Death Date: | 1132 |
| Maddhab: | Shafi'i |
| Creed: | Ash'ari |
| Influences: | Al-Ghazali |
Abul-Fath Asad ibn Muhammad al-Mayhani (Arabic: أبو الفتح أسد بن محمد الميهاني) was a Persian scholar, who was born in Mayhana. He was an immediate follower of Al-Ghazali.
According to Ibn al-Jawzi and Taj al-Din al-Subki, Asad Mayhani was a highly influential scholar of Islamic law. The works (al-Taliqa or the Notes) of Asad al-Mayhani were adopted by the Nizamiyya Madrassa in Baghdad. He studied Islamic Jurisprudence with Abu-Muzaffar al-Samani (who was the grandfather of the historian Abu Saad Al-Samani) at the Nizamiyya madrasa in Merw & then moved to Ghazna, where he became famous.[1]
Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi said that his father studied "The Notes" of Asad al-Mayhani, who was very famous at that time. [2]
Ibn al-Jawzi said that many Hanbalites studied "the Notes" of Asad al-Mayhani, even though he was a Shafi'i. [3]
In the thirteenth century, Ibn Kathir said Asad Mayhani's "Notes" were still popular. [4]
Asad al-Mayhani said about the works of al-Ghazali:
Asad Mayhani died in 527/1132 in Hamadan. [5]