Mustafa Benhamza

مصطفى بن حمزة

17 July 1949 CE · 1368 AH

Moroccan Muslim scholar and jurist, born at Oujda on 21 Ramadan 1368 (17 July 1949). He studied under the jurist Bensaid Mahdawi and took degrees from the Faculty of Sharia at Fez, Dar al-Hadith al-Hassania and the universities Mohammed V and Mohammed I, where he taught Islamic studies. He presided over the local scientific council of Oujda and then over the regional scientific council for the Oriental region, is a member of the Supreme Scientific Council and director of the Baath Islamic Institute at Oujda, and delivered three Ramadan Hassania lectures before King Mohammed VI. His works cover jurisprudence, language and education, among them 'The Character of Maliki Jurisprudence'.