Muhammad Mayyara

Muhammad Mayyara
Mayyara's tomb in Fes
Personal life
Born	Abu Abd Allah Mahamad ibn Ahmad Mayyara 1591 (1591) Fes, Morocco
Died	1662 (aged 70–71)
Nationality	Moroccan
Notable work(s)	Commentary on the Tuhfa by Ibn Asim, Commentary on Al-Musrhid al mumin by Ibn Ashir, Sharh al-Shaykh Mayyara li-Lamiyya al-Zaqqaq
Known for	Jurist, Theologian, Scholar of Ash'arism
Occupation	Scholar, Jurist, Theologian
Religious life
Religion	Islam

Abu Abd Allah Mahamad ibn Ahmad Mayyara (Arabic: محمد ميارة الفاسي; 1591–1662) was a jurist and theologian from Fes, one of the most reputable scholars of his time.^[1] He is the author of a commentary on the Tuhfa by Ibn Asim, a commentary on Al-Musrhid al mumin by his teacher Ibn Ashir and Sharh al-Shaykh Mayyara li-Lamiyya al-Zaqqaq, a commentary on al-Zaqqaq's Lamiyya. Mayyara's Nazm al-la'ali wa-l-durar contains a fahrasa and hence biographical information about himself. Well known is also his work called Nasihat al Mughtarrin^[2][3] in defence of Bildiyyīn (Muslims, like himself, of Jewish descent) whose position had been deteriorating after the death of Ahmad al-Mansur in 1603.

References

1. Hilda Pearson, James Douglas Pearson, E. J. van Donzel, The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Brill 2009, p. 924-5
2. Mina Elmghari, Hafida Dazi, Nacihat al Mughtarrine, GREJM 2006
3. Garcia-Arenal, M.G. "'Nasihat al-Mugtarrin of Mahamad Mayyara (d.1072/1662): A Collection of Fatwàs on the Bildiyyin of Fez", The Maghreb Review, 16, 1-1 (1991): 84-94