Ayyad ben Moussa

Kadi Ayyad ben Moussa ( _ar. القاضي عياض بن موسى, in French transliteration "Qadi Iyad") or Abu al-Fadl Ayyad ben Amer ben Moussa ben Ayyad ben Mohammed ben Abdellah ben Moussa ben Ayyad al-Yahsobi al-Sabti (أبو الفضل عياض بن موسى بن عياض بن عمرون بن موسى بن عياض بن محمد بن عبد الله بن موسى بن عياض اليحصبي السبتي, born 1083 in Gibraltar - 1149) was the great imam of Sebta and, later, a high judge (kadi) in Grenada. He was one of the most famous scholars of Maliki law.

He headed a revolt against the coming of the Almohades to Sebta, but lost and was banished to Tadla and later Marrakech. He was a pupil of Abu Abdellah ben Issa, of Imam Abou Abdellah ben Hamdine, of Abu Al Hassan ben Siradj and of imam Abu Al walid Ibn Rushd.

Kadi Ayyad is also wellknown as one of the seven saints of Marrakech and is buried near Bab Aïlen. His main work is called Ash-Shifâ Bi-Ahwâl Al-Mustafâ (Healing by news of the chosen one). The university of Marrakech (Cadi Ayyad) was named after him.

Bibliography

*"Dictionnaire historique de l'islam, de Janine Sourdel et Dominique Sourdel, édition PUF."
*Ahmad al Maqqari al Tilimsani, Azhar al Riyad fi Akhbar al Qadi 'Ayyad (biography and works of Qadi Ayyad), 5 volumes
*Qadi Iyad's Rebellion against the Almohads in Sabtah (A. H. 542-543/A. D. 1147-1148) New Numismatic Evidence, by Hanna E. Kassis, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 103, No. 3 (Jul. - Sep., 1983), pp. 504-514

External links

* [http://www.islamophile.org/spip/article1477.html Islamophile.org, extensive article on his life and work, in French]
*His grave, the Koubba Cadi Ayyad, near Bab Aylen in Marrakesh [http://www.marrakech-ville.com/cadi-ayyad.php]