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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