Ibn Ashir

This article is about Ibn Ashir. For other uses, see Ashir (disambiguation).

Abdul Wahid Ibn Ashir
Title	Ibn Ashir
Personal
Born	1582 CE (990 AH)
Died	1631 CE (1040 AH)
Religion	Islam
Jurisprudence	Sunni Maliki
Creed	Ashari
Main interest(s)	Fiqh
Notable work(s)	Al-Murshid al-Mu'een

Ibn Ashir (1582 – 1631 CE) (AH 990 – 1042 AH ) known as Imam Ibn Ashir or simply Ibn Ashir was a prominent Moroccan jurist in the Maliki school from Fez, Morocco. His Murshid al-Mu'een is arguably the best known of the Maliki texts in the Islamic world. It is still widely sung and memorised in madrasas and Quranic schools throughout North Africa to this day.

See also

• List of Islamic scholars
• List of Ash'aris and Maturidis