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 Imam (; , '; : , ') is an Islamic leadership position. For Sunni Islam, Sunni Muslims, Imam is most commonly used as the title of a prayer leader of a mosque. In this context, imams may lead Salah, Islamic prayers, serve as community leaders, ...

, a hadith scholar and one of the leading intellectuals of the time of the

Almohad dynasty The Almohad Caliphate (; or or from ) or Almohad Empire was a North African Berber Muslim empire founded in the 12th century. At its height, it controlled much of the Iberian Peninsula (Al-Andalus) and North Africa (the Maghreb). The Almohad ...

. He was born in Fez and died in

Sijilmasa Sijilmasa (; also transliterated Sijilmassa, Sidjilmasa, Sidjilmassa and Sigilmassa) was a medieval Moroccan city and trade entrepôt at the northern edge of the Sahara in Morocco. The ruins of the town extend for five miles along the River Ziz ...

. 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''.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

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