Al-Hassaf
Al-Ḫaṣṣāf (Arabic: الحصّاف) (died 874, full name Abū-Bakr Aḥmad Ibn-ʿUmar Ibn-Muhair aš-Šaibānī al-Ḫaṣṣāf) was a Hanafite law scholar at the court of the 14th Abbasid Caliph al-Muhtadi.
Al-Hassāf الحصّاف Abu-Bakr Ahmad Ibn-Umar Ibn-Muhair as-Saibāni al-Hassāf أبو بكر أحمد بن عمر بن محير الصيباني الحصاف | |
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| Qadi of the Abbasid Court | |
| In office 869–870 | |
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| Born | 800s |
| Died | 874 Abbasid Caliphate |
| Religion | Islam |
| Children | ibn al-Hassāf |
| Parent | Umar Ibn-Muhair |
| Era | Islamic Golden Age |
| Region | Abbasid Caliphate |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Creed | Athari |
| Main interest(s) | Aqidah, (Islamic theology), Tawhid, Islamic jurisprudence, Ḥiyal |
| Notable work(s) | Author of a seminal work on Qadi, known as Adab al-qadi |
| Known for | Hanafi law scholar at the court of Caliph al-Muhtadi. |
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He is the author of a seminal work on Qādī, known as أدب القاضي Adab al-qādī. A commentary on the work was written by al-Jaṣṣās in the 10th century. An English translation was published by G. P. Verbit in 2008.
Al-Ḫaṣṣāf is also the author of a Kitāb al-ḥiyal wa-l-maḫārij, a work on legalistic trickery or ḥiyal, and a kitāb aḥkām al-awqāf, on religious institutions or waqf.
The earliest development of this field is the Kitāb al-maḫārij fī l-ḥiyal ("book of evasion and trickery") by Muhammad al-Shaybani (d. 805). A more comprehensive treatment is the Kitāb al-ḥiyal wa-l-maḫārij by Al-Hassaf.