Asad ibn al-Furat

Asad ibn al - Furat al - Harrani, أسد بن الفرات الحراني, DMG Asad ibn al Furat al - - ​​Harrani (* 759, † 828), was an eminent jurist in Ifriqiya effective field Qairawan.

The family was originally from Harran in Mesopotamia, but his father emigrated with him to Ifriqiya from. Later Asad studied in Medina with Malik ibn Anas, the founder of the Maliki school of law, and in Kufa in students of Abu Hanifa, the founder of the Hanafi tradition. His legal opinions he summarized in the " Asadiyya " which won in Ifriqiya big impact. He is considered the first propagator of the Hanafi teachings of al- Shaybani in the Islamic West.

After his return to Ifriqiya Asad was used by the Aghlabids as Kadi Qairawan, and it soon came to conflict, as it I. ( 817-838 ) is often criticized Ziyadat Allah for his luxurious and impious life change. To neutralize these inconvenient Mahner, Asad was appointed leader of a campaign against the Byzantine Sicily. In the year 827 Asad landed with the Arab troops in Sicily and conquered with Marsala the first city of Islam in Italy. After defeating Byzantine troops Muslims were advancing on Syracuse, but the city could not conquer. Soon after, Asad ibn al - Furat died of the plague in Sicily.

As Hanafit he played in the field of tension between the Maliki school of Qairawan a leading role, and understood it, as well as his followers, the Hanafi jurisprudence as a basis to strengthen the case law in Ifriqiya under Aghlabids. A turning point in favor of Maliki appeared only with the work of ibn Sa ʿ Sahnūn īd, the founder of the Maliki school of law in Ifriqiya, in the first half of the 9th century.