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A Mâlikî jurist and scholar of hadith; he is counted one of the seven saints of Marrakesh.
His full name was Abu'l-Fadl 'Iyâd b. Mûsâ b. 'Iyâd al-Yahsubî. He was born at Ceuta in the middle of Sha'bân of the year 476 (late December 1083).
After completing his first studies in his own town he crossed to al-Andalus in the year 507; he studied hadith and jurisprudence at Cordoba and Murcia. He worked under Abû 'Alî al-Sadafî, Ibn Rushd and Ibn al-'Arabî.
He was appointed judge of Ceuta in 515 (1121) and judge of Granada in 531 (1137).
He defended Ceuta against the Almohads.
He died on 9 Jumâdâ al-âkhira of the year 544 (14 October 1149).
His Circle of Influence — He is reckoned among the important authorities of the science of hadith and among the distinguished scholars of the Mâlikî school. In the tradition of visitation that recounts the seven renowned figures buried at Marrakesh (the sab'atu rijâl) his name appears as one of those seven.
His Works — The chief of them are the al-Shifâ, the Tartîb al-madârik, the Mashâriq al-anwâr, the al-Ilmâ' and the Ikmâl al-Mu'lim.
His Tomb and Complex — He was buried at Marrakesh at Bâb Aylân. The sab'atu rijâl is a place of visitation holding the graves of many scholars and Sufis.
Sources
- TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (DİA) · vol. 24, pp. 116-118, entry “Kâdî İyâz”
- TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (DİA) — M. Yaşar Kandemir · vol. 24, pp. 116-118, entry “KĀDÎ İYÂZ”
- TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (DİA) — Muhammed Rezûk · vol. 29, pp. 166-168, entry “MERAKEŞ”
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