Al-Jassas

Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī al-Rāzī al-Jaṣṣāṣ
TitleAl-Jaṣṣās
Personal life
Born305 AH/917 AD
Died370 AH/981 AD
EraIslamic golden age
Main interest(s)Tafsir, Fiqh
Notable work(s)Aḥkām al-Qur'ān
OccupationScholar of Islam
Religious life
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi

Al-Jaṣṣās (الجصاص, 305 AH/917 AD - 370 AH/981 AD; full name Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī al-Rāzī al-Jaṣṣāṣ) was a Hanafite scholar, mostly known as the commentator of Al-Ḫaṣṣāf's work on Qādī (jurisprudence). According to Tillier (2009:281), the original work and its commentary can now "hardly be separated: al-Khaṣṣāf's original text is included in al-Jaṣṣāṣ's commentary". Al-Jaṣṣās is also the author of a work on tafsir, Aḥkām al-Qur'ān.