Abu Imran al-Fasi

أبو عمران الفاسي

c. 1039 CE · Ramadan 430 AH

Abu Imran al-Fasi, the Maliki master of Kairouan; the Guddala pilgrims asked him for a companion-scholar and he wrote to Wajjaj b. Zallu at Sijilmasa 1.

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Overview

Abu Imran al-Fasi, the shaykh of the Maliki school in Qayrawan in the fifth century, as Ibn Khaldun mentions in "al-Ibar". 1

The delegation of Kadala

He met the delegation of Kadala returning from the pilgrimage, who asked him to send them one of his pupils. He directed them to someone suitable, and wrote for them to Wajjaj ibn Zallu al-Lamti in Sijilmasa. 1

He charged Wajjaj to seek for them someone whose religion and jurisprudence they trusted. 1

Notes for researchers

  • His full name and date of death need an additional source.

Sources

  1. Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun , p. 1645
  • Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali
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