Muhammad ‘UIaysh (1802 - 1882 CE) (1217 - 1299
AH) (), more commonly referred to in Muslim works simply as ‘UIaysh or Sheikh ‘UIaysh, was a 19th-century CE Egyptian Muslim jurist of
Tripolitania
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n origin. 'Illish was an important late scholar of the
Maliki
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school of Islamic jurisprudence (
fiqh
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). He is perhaps the last of a line of widely read and respected sources of traditional
fatwa
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s of the late Maliki school from an
Azharite scholar. ‘UIaysh was an extremely popular teacher at Al-Azhar. His lectures were regularly attended by audiences of over 200 students. In July 1854, ‘UIaysh was appointed the Maliki
Mufti
A mufti (; , ) is an Islamic jurist qualified to issue a nonbinding opinion ('' fatwa'') on a point of Islamic law (''sharia''). The act of issuing fatwas is called ''iftāʾ''. Muftis and their ''fatāwa'' have played an important role thro ...
of Al-Azhar. By the time of his death in 1882, ‘UIaysh was one of the premier leaders of Egyptian scholarly society. His ''Minah al-Jalil'' as well as his ''Fatawa'' are widely used today among traditional Malikis for fatwa positions of the school.
[Nasir ud-Deen Muhammad al-Sharif, ''Al-Jawahir al-Ikliliya fi A'yaan 'Ulama Libya min al-Malikiyya'' (Amman: Dar al-Bayareeq, 1999).]
See also
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List of Ash'aris and Maturidis
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1802 births
1882 deaths
Asharis
Al-Azhar University alumni
Egyptian Maliki scholars
Egyptian people of Libyan descent
Muslims from the Ottoman Empire
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