Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Mustafa al-Yaqubi
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Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Mustafa al-Yaqubi is a Maliki jurist and scholar of legal theory, known for his legal commentary Awn al-Matin ala Nazm Risalat al-Qarawiyyin and his gloss Fath al-Baqi ala Manzumat al-Maraqi.
Lineage
His full name is recorded as Muhammad ibn Muhammad Mahmud ibn Muhammad al-Mustafa ibn Dayya al-Yaqubi al-A'mami. He identified Abdullah ibn al-Hajj Ibrahim al-Alawi, the author of the didactic poem Maraqi al-Su'ud, as his grandfather.
Scholarly contribution
Al-Yaqubi composed a didactic versification of al-Risalah, the legal manual by Abu Muhammad Abd Allah ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani, seeking to encompass its legal questions clearly in verse due to the difficulty of memorizing prose and the high standing of the manual in the Maliki school. Following persistent requests from students and teachers, he subsequently wrote an explanatory commentary on his poem titled Awn al-Matin ala Nazm Risalat al-Qarawiyyin to resolve ambiguities, unlock difficult passages, clarify Ibn Abi Zayd's intent, and provide legal reasoning for his positions.
In legal theory (Usul al-Fiqh), al-Yaqubi wrote Fath al-Baqi ala Manzumat al-Maraqi, a concise gloss on Maraqi al-Su'ud prepared in response to student requests. In this work, he relied on primary commentaries on the poem—principally the author's own commentary Nashr al-Bunud ala Maraqi al-Su'ud and the explanations of Shaykh Abb and Shaykh Abah—as well as foundational treatises such as Shihab al-Din al-Qarafi's Tanqih al-Fusul and its commentary, Abu al-Walid al-Baji's al-Isharah, Muhammad al-Tahir ibn Ashur's marginalia on Tanqih al-Fusul, and Muhammad ibn Ali al-Shawkani's Irshad al-Fuhul.
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List of Works
Fath al-Baqi ala Manzumat al-Maraqi is a commentary on Maraqi al-Su'ud, a didactic poem on legal theory (Usul al-Fiqh) composed by Abdullah ibn al-Hajj Ibrahim al-Alawi. Arranged in two main parts, the work was prepared as a concise gloss (ta'liq muqtadab) in response to student requests for an accessible explanation of the didactic text.
Awn al-Matin ala Nazm Risalat al-Qarawiyyin is a Maliki legal commentary on a didactic poem versifying the classic legal manual al-Risalah by Abu Muhammad Abd Allah ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani. Following the composition of the poem to facilitate memorization of the manual's legal rulings, the accompanying commentary was produced to resolve ambiguities, clarify the original intent, and provide legal reasoning for the positions presented.