Al-Jassas

Al-Jaṣṣās (الجصاص, 305 AH/917 AD^[2] - 370 AH/981 AD;^[3] full name Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī al-Rāzī al-Jaṣṣāṣ) was a Hanafite scholar,^[1][4] mostly known as the commentator of Al-Ḫaṣṣāf's work on Qādī (jurisprudence). According to Tillier (2009:281), the original work and its commentary can now "hardly be separated: al-Khaṣṣāf's original text is included in al-Jaṣṣāṣ's commentary". Al-Jaṣṣās is also the author of a work on tafsir, Aḥkām al-Qur'ān.^[5]

Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī al-Rāzī al-Jaṣṣāṣ
Title	Al-Jaṣṣās
Personal life
Born	305 AH/917 AD
Died	370 AH/981 AD
Era	Islamic golden age
Main interest(s)	Tafsir, Fiqh
Notable work(s)	Aḥkām al-Qur'ān
Occupation	Scholar of Islam
Religious life
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Hanafi[1]

Editions

• Al-Khaṣṣāf, Adab al-qāḍī, ed. Farḥāt Ziyāda (Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 1978)
• Abubakar Ahmad Ibn ‘Amr al-Khassaf, Kitab Ahkam al-Awqaf (Cairo: Diwan ‘Umum al-Awqaf al-Misriyyah, 1904)
• Aḥkām al-Qur’ān, Beirut, Libanon: Dār al-Iḥyā’ al-Turāth, 1984
• Aḥkām al-qurʾān. Beirut: Dār al-Kutub al-ʿIlmīya, 1994