Asad Mayhani
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| region = Persia
| era = Islamic Golden Age
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| name = Asad al-Mayhani
| birth_date = 1068
| death_date = 1132
| Maddhab = Shafi'i
| creed = Ash'ari
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| influences = Al-Ghazali
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Abul-Fath Asad ibn Muhammad al-Mayhani ({{langx|ar|أبو الفتح أسد بن محمد الميهاني}}) was a Persian scholar, who was born in Mayhana. He was an immediate follower of Al-Ghazali.
Biography
According to Ibn al-Jawzi and Taj al-Din al-Subki, Asad Mayhani was a highly influential scholar of Islamic law. The works (al-Taliqa or the Notes) of Asad al-Mayhani were adopted by the Nizamiyya Madrassa in Baghdad. He studied Islamic Jurisprudence with Abu-Muzaffar al-Samani (who was the grandfather of the historian Abu Saad Al-Samani) at the Nizamiyya madrasa in Merw & then moved to Ghazna, where he became famous.al-Subki's Tabaqat, Volume V, Page 335
Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi said that his father studied "The Notes" of Asad al-Mayhani, who was very famous at that time. Al-Baghdadi's Kitab al-Nasihatayn, Page 89
Ibn al-Jawzi said that many Hanbalites studied "the Notes" of Asad al-Mayhani, even though he was a Shafi'i. Makdisi, Rise of colleges, Page 122
In the thirteenth century, Ibn Kathir said Asad Mayhani's "Notes" were still popular. Ibn Kathir's Tabaqat al-fuqaha al-shafiyin, Volume 2, Page 566
Asad al-Mayhani said about the works of al-Ghazali:
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None will arrive at al-Ghazali's level of insights and his virtue unless he reaches — or at least almost reaches — intellectual perfection.
Al-Subqi's Tabaqat, Volume VI, Page 202
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Death
Asad Mayhani died in 527/1132 in Hamadan. Ibn al-Jawzi's al-Muntazam, Volume X, Page 13
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