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Yusuf ibn Umar al-Anfasi

يوسف بن عمر الأنفاسي

c. 1359 CE · 761 AH

A Maliki jurist, imam of the Qarawiyyin mosque in Fez; he studied with Abd al-Rahman ibn Affan al-Jazuli and others, and his son Abu al-Rabi Sulayman studied with him; his works include a gloss on the Risala of Abu Zayd al-Qayrawani 1.

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Jurist · Scholar
Era
The Gunpowder Empires
Region
Maghreb
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Overview

A Maliki jurist, imam of the Qarawiyyin mosque in Fez. He studied with Abd al-Rahman ibn Affan al-Jazuli and others, and his son Abu al-Rabi Sulayman studied with him. 1

Works

His works include a gloss on the Risala of Abu Zayd al-Qayrawani. 1

Dates

The source gives «(761 - 661 AH)», read as death then birth; the Gregorian conversion is derived.

Sources

  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.5161
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