This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Asad Mayhani" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (September 2021) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) | Asad al-Mayhani Personal Born| 1068 Died| 1132 Religion| Islam Era| Islamic Golden Age Region| Persia Jurisprudence| Shafi'i Creed| Ash'ari Muslim leader Influenced by * Al-Ghazali Abul-Fath Asad ibn Muhammad al-Mayhani (Arabic: أبو الفتح أسد بن محمد الميهاني) was a Persian scholar, who was born in Mayhana. He was an immediate follower of Al-Ghazali. ## Contents * 1 Biography * 2 Death * 3 See also * 4 References ## Biography[edit] 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 Jurispudence 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.[1] Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi said that his father studied "The Notes" of Asad al-Mayhani, who was very famous at that time. [2] Ibn al-Jawzi said that many Hanbalites studied "the Notes" of Asad al-Mayhani, even though he was a Shafi'i. [3] In the thirteenth century, Ibn Kathir said Asad Mayhani's "Notes" were still popular. [4] Asad al-Mayhani said about the works of al-Ghazali: > None will arrive at al-Ghazali's level of insights and his virtue unless he reaches — or at least almost reaches — intellectual perfection. [5] ## Death[edit] Asad Mayhani died in 527/1132 in Hamadan. [6] ## See also[edit] * List of Ash'aris and Maturidis ## References[edit] 1. ^ al-Subki's Tabaqat, Volume V, Page 335 2. ^ Al-Baghdadi's Kitab al-Nasihatayn, Page 89 3. ^ Makdisi, Rise of colleges, Page 122 4. ^ Ibn Kathir's Tabaqat al-fuqaha al-shafiyin, Volume 2, Page 566 5. ^ Al-Subqi's Tabaqat, Volume VI, Page 202 6. ^ Ibn al-Jawzi's al-Muntazam, Volume X, Page 13 * v * t * e Shafi`i School * by century (AH / AD) 2nd/8th| * Al-Shafi'i (founder of the school) * Al-Muzani 3rd/9th| * Al-Ash'ari * Bukhari * Al-Humaydi * Al-Nasai * Fakr ad-Din * Harith al-Muhasibi * Ibn al-Mundhir * Ibn Khuzaymah * Ibn Majah * Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj 4th/10th| * Abd al-Jabbar ibn Ahmad * Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi * Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi * Abu Nuaym * Abu Talib al-Makki * Al-Daraqutni * Al-Hakim Nishapuri * Ibn Furak * Al-Lalika'i 5th/11th| * Ahmad Ghazali * Al-Tha'labi * Al-Baghawi * Al-Bayhaqi * Al-Juwayni * Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi * Al-Mawardi * Al-Qushayri 6th/12th| * Ahmed al-Rifa`i * Al-Ghazali * Al-Shahrastani * Fakhr al-Din al-Razi * Ibn Abi'l-Dam * Ibn al-Salah * Ibn `Asakir * Sayf al-Din al-Amidi * Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi * Abu Tahir al-Silafi 7th/13th| * Ahmad al-Badawi * Al-Baydawi * Al-Nawawi * Ibn Abil-Hadid * Ibn Daqiq al-Id * Ibn Khallikan * Izz al-Din ibn Abd al-Salam * Safi-ad-din Ardabili * Yusuf ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Mizzi * Yusuf bin Ahmad al-Kawneyn 8th/14th| * Safi al-Din al-Hindi * Ahmad ibn Naqib al-Misri * Ali ibn Abu Bakr al-Haythami * Al-Dhahabi * Badr Ad-Din az-Zarkashi * Ibn al-Jazari * Ibn Kathir * Taftazani * Taj al-Din al-Subki * Taqi al-Din al-Subki * Zain al-Din al-Iraqi 9th/15th| * Al-Qastallani * Al-Sakhawi * Al-Mahalli * Al-Suyuti * Ali ibn Ahmad al-Samhudi * Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani * Ibn Nuhaas * Zakariyya al-Ansari 10th/16th| * Al-Khaṭib ash-Shirbiniy * Al-Sha`rani * Ibn Hajar al-Haytami 11th/17th| * Abdullah ibn Alawi al-Haddad 13th/19th| * Ahmad Khatib al-Minangkabawi * Ahmad Zayni Dahlan * Abd Al-Rahman bin Ahmad al-Zayla`i * Ibrahim al-Bajuri * Shaykh Sufi * Uways al-Barawi * Yusuf al-Nabhani 14th/20th| * Abd al-Aziz Madani * Abd al-Malik Karim Amrullah * Abdallah al-Qutbi * Abdullah al-Harari * Afifi al-Akiti * Ahmad Shafi'i Ma'arif * Ahmed Kuftaro * Ali al-Jifri * Ali Gomaa * Awn al-Qaddumi * Cherussery Zainuddeen Musliyar * Gibril Haddad * Hashim Muzadi * K. 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