The Juridical Preferences of Sheikh Ibn Mayyāra al-Mālikī (d. 1072 AH) in His Work Al-Durr al-Thamīn wa al-Mawrid al-Maʿīn, a Commentary on Al-Murshid al-Muʿīn ʿalā al-Ḍarūrī min ʿUlūm al-Dīn: A Comparative Jurisprudential Study of Controversial Issues in

Abstract

This research deals with the original juristic disputed issues in which Shaykh Ibn Mayara al-Maliki had a preference through his book al-Durr al-Thamin wa al-Mawrid al-Ma’in, restricted to the Book of Fasting, comparing them with the madhhabs of the four imams, mentioning who agrees with him among them and who disagrees with him, clarifying the evidences of each opinion and discussing them, with weighing between them. It also dealt with introducing Imam Ibn Ashir and his famous poem al-Murshid al-Mu’in ’ala Daruri min ’Ulum al-Din, as well as introducing Shaykh Ibn Mayara al-Maliki and his book al-Durr al-Thamin wa al-Mawrid al-Ma’in. This study aims to highlight the efforts of Shaykh Ibn Mayara al-Maliki, to pay attention to his scholarly heritage, and to show his juristic preferences and his method in deriving rulings