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زيد اليفاعي

زيد اليفاعي

c. 1120 CE · 514 AH

The Yemeni faqih Zayd al-Yafa'i — pupil and son-in-law of Abu Ishaq al-Murhi, who then studied in Mecca under al-Shirazi's pupil and taught all Yemen, among his students Imam Yahya author of the Bayan; small of body, great of awe; d. at al-Jund in 514 1.

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Roles
Scholar · 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-Wahhab al-Shirazi · Abdallah ibn Hamuwayh al-Juwayni · Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi

Summary

Zayd al-Yafa'i, the Yemeni imam-jurist, studied fiqh under Abu Ishaq al-Marhi, who married him to his daughter; he then moved to Mecca and read under al-Husayn ibn 'Ali al-Shashi, pupil of Shaykh Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi. Yemen's people gathered round him — Imam Yahya, author of al-Bayan, and 'Abd Allah al-Hamdhani among others read to him. He was small of body, great of awe. He died at al-Jund in 514. 1

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 523-524
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islam.museum contributors. “زيد اليفاعي”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/zayd-al-yafai/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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