The North African Islamic scholar and judge, al-Yahsubi as-Sabti

Compiled By: Syed Ali Shahbaz
On 7th of the Islamic month of Jamadi al-Akher in 544 AH, the North African Islamic scholar and judge, Abu’l-Fazl Qazi Ayyadh ibn Amir ibn Musa al-Yahsubi as-Sabti, was executed at the age of 68 and his body cut to pieces for his refusal to acknowledge, the leader of the al-Muwahidin movement, Ibn Tumart, as the Awaited Mahdi – a false claim since the Promised Mahdi is none other than Prophet Mohammad’s (SAWA) 12th Infallible Heir (AS) who will reappear in end times, along with Prophet Jesus (AS), to establish the global government of peace, prosperity and justice.
Born in Ceuta, during the rule of the al-Moravid Empire of Maghreb and Islamic Spain, he was the leading scholar of his times and later became a chief judge in Granada in Islamic Spain. He led an uprising when the al-Muwahidin seized Ceuta, but was defeated and banished to Tadla and later Marrakesh where he was finally killed.
He was a student of Abu’l-Hassan ibn Siraj, and in turn was the teacher of such famous scholars as the Spanish Muslim philosopher, scientist and jurist, Ibn Rushd (Averroes), and the polymath and Arabic grammarian, Ibn Madha. Qazi Ayyadh, who is revered as one of the seven saints of Marrakesh, wrote commentaries in far off North Africa on the hadith compendiums of the Iranian Sunni Muslim compilers, such as Ismael Bukhari and Muslim Nishapuri.