Ibn al-Qattan

Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Yahya (Arabic: أبو الحسن علي بن محمد بن عبد الملك بن يحيى; 1166–1231), better known as Ibn al-Qattan al-Fasi (Arabic: ابن القطان الفاسي) was an imam, a hadith scholar and one of the leading intellectuals of the time of the Almohads.^[1] He was born in Fez (in present-day Morocco) and died in Sijilmasa.^[2] He is the author of Kitab al-nazar fi ahkam al-nazar bi-hassat al-basar^[2] and Bayan al-Wahm wa al-iham al-waqi'in fi kitab al-ahkam.^[3]

Ibn al-Qattan
Personal life
Born	Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Yahya 1166 Fez
Died	1231 Sijilmasa
Notable work(s)	Kitab al-nazar fi ahkam al-nazar bi-hassat al-basar, Bayan al-Wahm wa al-iham al-waqi'in fi kitab al-ahkam
Occupation	Imam, Hadith Scholar, Intellectual
Religious life
Religion	Islam

Not to be confused with Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Qattan.

See also

• Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Warraq