Abu al-Hasan al-Saghir (Ali ibn Muhammad al-Zarwili)

أبو الحسن الصغير

Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Abd al-Haqq al-Zarwili, Abu al-Hasan, known as al-Saghir: a Maliki jurist and one of the leading muftis of the Maghrib. He held the judgeship at Fez, taught at the Mosque of al-Ajda' there, and lived past a hundred years. His works include a commentary on the Mudawwana and a collection of fatwas that his students recorded. He died in the year 719 AH. ¹