Ibn al-Qattan explained

Ibn al-Qattan
Birth Name:	Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Yahya
Birth Date:	1166
Birth Place:	Fez, Morocco
Death Date:	1231
Death Place:	Sijilmasa, Morocco
Religion:	Islam
Occupation:	Imam, Hadith Scholar, Intellectual
Notable Works:	Kitab al-nazar fi ahkam al-nazar bi-hassat al-basar, Bayan al-Wahm wa al-iham al-waqi'in fi kitab al-ahkam

Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Yahya (; 1166–1231), better known as Ibn al-Qattan al-Fasi 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 and Bayan al-Wahm wa al-iham al-waqi'in fi kitab al-ahkam.^[3]

References

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 . fr . 113-114 . 109–123 . 10.4000/remmm.4052 . 0997-1327.
2. 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 . en . 14 . 3 . 342–390 . 10.1163/156851907782792535 . 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