Ibn Ashir

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Abdul Wahid Ibn Ashir
TitleIbn Ashir
Personal life
Born1582 CE (990 AH)
Died1631 CE (1040 AH)
Main interest(s)Fiqh
Notable work(s)Al-Murshid al-Mu'een
Religious life
ReligionIslam
JurisprudenceSunni Maliki
CreedAshari

Ibn Ashir (1582 – 1631 CE) (AH 990 – 1042 AH ) known as Imam Ibn Ashir or simply Ibn Ashir was a prominent Moroccan jurist in the Maliki school from Fez, Morocco. His Murshid al-Mu'een is arguably the best known of the Maliki texts in the Islamic world. It is still widely sung and memorised in madrasas and Quranic schools throughout North Africa to this day.

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