At a glance
- Roles
- Jurist · judge
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Overview
Marthad ibn 'Abdallah, the imam Abu al-Khayr al-Yazani of Egypt, the scholar and mufti of the Egyptian lands — Yazan being a clan of Himyar. He narrated from Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (may God be pleased with him), Zayd ibn Thabit (may God be pleased with him), Abu Basra al-Ghifari (may God be pleased with him), 'Uqba ibn 'Amir, 'Amr ibn al-'As and his son, and attached himself to 'Uqba for a time, learning fiqh from him. 1
Standing in Egypt
Abu Sa'id ibn Yunus says he was the mufti of the people of Egypt in his day, and 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Marwan, the governor of Egypt, would bring him into his council for fatwa. Ibn 'Awn dates his death to 90 AH. 1
Connections
- Taught
- عمرو بن الحارث أبو أمية· بكير بن عبد الله بن الأشج
- Lived in
- Alexandria
People and things also explored
the Alexandria rising and its recovery (25 AH)· The Great Earthquake of 180 AH· Ibn Jubayr reaches Alexandria· The Revolt of Nizar ibn al-Mustansir at Alexandria and Its Suppression in 495· Muwatta 1761· Muwatta 1847· Muwatta 1387· Abdullah al-Nadim
Sources
- Siyar a'lam al-nubala' — al-Dhahabi (Ideas House International edition, 2004) , p.3812
- Tabaqat al-fuqaha' — Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi (ed. Ihsan Abbas, Dar al-Ra'id al-Arabi)
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “مرثد بن عبد الله اليزني”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/marthad-ibn-abd-allah-al-yazani/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.