Muhammad Ulaysh

{{Short description|Egyptian Muslim jurist}}

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| era = Ottoman Caliphate

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| name = Muhammad ‘UIaysh

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| birth_date = 1802 CE (1217 AH)
Cairo, Egypt Eyalet

| death_date = 1882 CE (1299 AH)
Cairo, Khedivate of Egypt

| ethnicity = Tripolitanian Arab

| region = Egypt

| Maddhab = Maliki

| school_tradition = Sunni

| main_interests = Fiqh

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Muhammad ‘UIaysh (1802 - 1882 CE) (1217 - 1299 AH) ({{langx|ar|مُحَمَّدٌ عُلَيْش}}), more commonly referred to in Muslim works simply as ‘UIaysh or Sheikh ‘UIaysh, was a 19th-century CE Egyptian Muslim jurist of Tripolitanian origin. 'Illish was an important late scholar of the Maliki school of Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh). He is perhaps the last of a line of widely read and respected sources of traditional fatwas of the late Maliki school from an Azharite scholar. ‘UIaysh was an extremely popular teacher at Al-Azhar. His lectures were regularly attended by audiences of over 200 students. In July 1854, ‘UIaysh was appointed the Maliki Mufti of Al-Azhar. By the time of his death in 1882, ‘UIaysh was one of the premier leaders of Egyptian scholarly society.Islamic Reform and Conservatism: Al-Azhar and the Evolution of Modern Sunni Islam. p.99. His Minah al-Jalil as well as his Fatawa are widely used today among traditional Malikis for fatwa positions of the school.Nasir ud-Deen Muhammad al-Sharif, Al-Jawahir al-Ikliliya fi A'yaan 'Ulama Libya min al-Malikiyya (Amman: Dar al-Bayareeq, 1999).