al-Fudayl ibn Iyad

Al-Fudayl ibn Iyad
الفضيل بن عياض
Died803 CE
Resting placeBaghdad
Religious life
ReligionIslam
Muslim leader
Influenced

Al-Fudayl ibn 'Iyad ibn Mas'ud ibn Bishr Abu 'Ali al-Tamimi al-Yarbu'i al-Khurasani (Arabic: الفضيل بن عياض بن مسعود بن بشر أبو على التميمي اليربوعي الخراساني, romanizedAl-Fuḍayl ibn ʻIyāḍ ibn Bishr ibn Masūd Abū ʻAlī at-Tamīmī al-Yarbūʻī al-Khurāsānī; died 803/AH 187), also known as Abu Ali and as al-Talaqani, was a famous Islamic Sunni Scholar.

His story is often confused with that of Fuḍayl Ibn Yahya, a contemporary who was the official to the Caliph Harun al-Rashid.