Bashir al-Jazairi
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Bashir al-Jazairi, in full Abu Asim Bashir Dayf ibn Abi Bakr ibn al-Bashir ibn Umar, is an Algerian Maliki scholar and bibliographer known for his legal catalog Masadir al-Fiqh al-Maliki ("Sources of Maliki Jurisprudence") .
Identity and Scholarship
Bashir Dayf traced his descent to Arab lineage, originated from Algeria, and adhered to the Maliki school of law . He composed Masadir al-Fiqh al-Maliki, subtitled Usulan wa-Furu'an fi al-Mashriq wa-al-Maghrib Qadiman wa-Hadithan ("Foundations and Branches in the East and West, Ancient and Modern"), to document and categorize the prominent and foundational texts of Maliki jurisprudence in both prose and verse, encompassing both manuscripts and printed editions .
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Masadir al-Fiqh al-Maliki is a specialized bibliographic reference work focused on the literature of the Maliki school of Islamic jurisprudence. It documents prominent texts of the madhhab across prose and verse, encompassing foundational legal sources and substantive branches from both the East and the West, spanning ancient and modern periods.