Muhammad Mayyara

Abu Abd Allah Mahamad ibn Ahmad Mayyara (1591–1662) was a jurist and theologian from Fes, one of the most reputable scholars of his time. He is the author of a commentary on the "Tuhfa" by Ibn Asim, a commentary on "Al-Musrhid al mumin" by his teacher Ibn Ashir and "Sharh al-Shaykh Mayyara li-Lamiyya al-Zaqqaq", a commentary on al-Zaqqaq's Lamiyya. Mayyara's "Nazm al-la'ali wa-l-durar" contains a fahrasa and hence biographical information about himself. Well known is also his work called "Nasihat al Mughtarrin" in defence of "Bildiyyīn" (Muslims, like himself, of Jewish descent) whose position had been deteriorating after the death of Ahmad al-Mansur in 1603.