Ali ibn al-Qasim al-Zaqqaq (; died 1506/7), from

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is one of the most important authors in the field of

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. 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.see ''GAL'' S II, 376 ''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

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(1632) upon it.

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