Abd Allah al-Qaysi
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Abu Muhammad Abd Allah bin Muhammad bin Qasim bin Hilal bin Yazid bin 'Imran al-'Absi al-Qaysi was an early Muslim jurist and theologian. Life Born in Islamic Spain, Ibn Qasim moved to Iraq for a time, and studied under Dawud al-Zahiri. He left the Malikite school of Muslim jurisprudence for the Zahirite branch, and was considered by Christopher Melchert to be the first Zahirite in the region. Ibn Qasim copied his teacher's books by hand and was responsible for spreading them throughout Al-Andalus.
