al-Bannani | |
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al-Bannānī | |
 Inside of al-Bannani's tomb | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 1727 CE (1133 AH) |
| Died | 1780 CE (1194 AH) Fes, Morocco |
| Era | Alaouite Morocco |
| Main interest(s) | Fiqh |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Jurisprudence | Maliki |
Muhammad ibn al-Hassan al-Bannani (Arabic:أبو عبد الله محمد بن الحسن بن مسعود البناني,romanized: Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Masʿūd al-Bannānī; 1727 – 1780 CE/1133AH – 1194 AH) (Arabic:محمد بن الحسن البناني), more commonly referred to in books of Islamic law asal-Bannani orImam al-Banani, was an 18th-century Muslim jurist fromFes, Morocco, and a scholar in theMaliki school of Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh).
Al-Bannani was born in Fes in 1727, a city where he studied, lived for his entire life and was also buried in.[citation needed] He came from the Bannani family, belonging to the social category ofbildiyyīn ("people of the town"), who originally converted fromJudaism to Islam in the 18th century.[1][2] He studied under many of the scholars of his time including al-Tayyib al-Wazzani and theSufiAhmad ibn al-Mubarak (author ofKitab al-Ibriz). After a period of study, he became theimam andkhatib of theKaraouine mosque and university and also taught there. He died in 1780 CE and was buried next to another scholar of Fes,Muhammad Mayyara, in the Darb at-Taweel cemetery near the Karaouine mosque.[citation needed]
Al-Bannani is known for his bookAl-Fath ar-Rabbani (The Endowment of Divine Grace). The text is a sub-commentary on the classicalMukhtasar ofKhalil (the main source of rulings in Maliki jurisprudence).[3] He also wrote the following work:[4]
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