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Qadi Abu Bakr al-Yafai

القاضي أبو بكر اليافعي

c. 1157 CE · 552 AH

Qadi Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad al-Yafa'i; the Sahib al-Bayan attended his death and said 'chivalry has died'; he took fiqh from Zayd al-Baqa'i, was a scholar and poet, held the qadi-ship of Yemen, enjoyed great standing with the kings, freed Yemen's jurists from kharaj and injustice, and honoured qadi al-Rashid on his arrival from Egypt; his notice falls in year 552 1.

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Roles
qadi · Jurist
Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
Arabia
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Abd al-Mughith al-Harbi · Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Abd al-Qadir al-Rahawi · Abd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Abd al-Salam ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani

Overview

Qadi Abu Bakr b. Muhammad b. 'Abdallah al-Yafa'i; the author of al-Bayan attended his death and said "manliness has died." He took fiqh from Zayd al-Baqa'i, was a learned poet, held the judgeship of Yemen, had great sway with kings, freed Yemen's jurists from the kharaj and the oppressions, and when the qadi al-Rashid came from Egypt to Yemen he honoured him greatly; his tarjama is in the annals of 552. 1

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 641
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