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Muhammad ibn Qasim ibn al-Rassas

محمد بن قاسم ابن الرصاع

Muhammad ibn Qasim, Abu Abd Allah al-Ansari al-Tilimsani then al-Tunisi al-Maghribi, a Maliki, known as Ibn al-Rassas, the surname being the trade of one of his forebears. 1 He studied with the two Qal-shanis, Ahmad and Umar, with Ibn 'Uqab and others. 1 He took up the imamate, preaching, giving fatwas and teaching fiqh, the principles of religion, Arabic and other subjects. 1 He compiled a commentary on the names of the Prophet ﷺ, another on a book on prayer over the Prophet, a commentary on Ibn 'Arafa's definitions, and a large book on fiqh. 1 The Mawsu'a cites al-Daw' al-lami' and Shajarat al-Nur al-Zakiyya for him. 1 The heading gives 894 AH with a second figure the scan does not make clear, so the date is stated with that caution.

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Muhammad ibn Qasim, Abu Abd Allah al-Ansari al-Tilimsani then al-Tunisi al-Maghribi, a Maliki, known as Ibn al-Rassas, the surname being the trade of one of his forebears. 1 He studied with the two Qal-shanis, Ahmad and Umar, with Ibn 'Uqab and others. 1 He took up the imamate, preaching, giving fatwas and teaching fiqh, the principles of religion, Arabic and other subjects. 1 He compiled a commentary on the names of the Prophet, another on a book on prayer over the Prophet, a commentary on Ibn 'Arafa's definitions, and a large book on fiqh. 1 The Mawsu'a cites al-Daw' al-lami' and Shajarat al-Nur al-Zakiyya for him. 1 The heading gives 894 AH with a second figure the scan does not make clear, so the date is stated with that caution.

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  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.17697
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