Ahmad al-Wansharisi

Ahmad ibn Yahya al-Wansharisi
Personal life
Born1430 or 1431
Ouarsenis mountains (in Algeria)
DiedJune 20, 1508
Fez (in today Morocco)
Resting placeKudyat al-Baraṭil cemetery, Fez
RegionMaghreb North Africa
Spain
Main interest(s)Muslims under non-Muslim rule;
Notarization of legal document
Notable work(s)The Clear Standard;
The Supreme Method and the Pure Source on the Rules of Notarization;
The Most Noble Commerce
OccupationIslamic theologian and jurist
Religious life
ReligionIslam
JurisprudenceMaliki
CreedAsh'ari

Ahmad ibn Yahya al-Wansharisi (Arabic: أحمد بن يحيى الونشريسي, full name: Abu ’l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyā ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wāḥid ibn ʿAlī al-Wansharīsī or simply known as al-Wansharisi, b. 1430 or 1431 in Ouarsenis, d. 1508 in Fez) was a Berber Muslim theologian and jurist of the Maliki school around the time of the fall of Granada. He was one of the leading authorities on the issues of Iberian Muslims living under Christian rule.