Muhammad 'Ilish

Muhammad 'Ilish (1802 - 1882 CE) (1217 - 1299 AH) (Arabic: محمد عليش‎), more commonly referred to in Muslim works simply as 'Ilish or Sheikh 'Ilish, was a 19th-century CE Egyptian Muslim jurist from Tripolitanian origin. 'Illish was an important late scholar of the Maliki school of Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh). He is perhaps the last of a line of widely read and respected sources of traditional fatwas of the late Maliki school from an Azharite scholar. 'Ilish was an extremely popular teacher at Al-Azhar. His lectures were regularly attended by audiences of over 200 students. In July 1854, 'Ilish was appointed the Maliki Mufti of Al-Azhar. By the time of his death in the 1880s, 'Ilish was one of the premier leaders of Egyptian scholarly society.[1] His Manh al-Jalil as well as his Fatawa are widely used today among traditional Malikis for fatwa positions of the school.[2]

Muhammad 'Ilish
Title	'Ilish
Personal
Born	1802 CE (1217 AH) Cairo, Egypt Eyalet
Died	1882 CE (1299 AH) Cairo, Khedivate of Egypt
Religion	Islam
Ethnicity	Tripolitanian Arab
Era	Ottoman Caliphate
Region	Egypt
Jurisprudence	Maliki
Creed	Sunni
Main interest(s)	Fiqh
Known for	Muslim jurist

References

1. Islamic Reform and Conservatism: Al-Azhar and the Evolution of Modern Sunni Islam. p.99.
2. Nasir ud-Deen Muhammad al-Sharif, Al-Jawahir al-Ikliliya fi A'yaan 'Ulama Libya min al-Malikiyya (Amman: Dar al-Bayareeq, 1999).