Ahmad ibn Abi Bakr al-Zuhri

Abū Muṣʿab Aḥmad ibn Abī Bakr al-Qāsim ibn al-Ḥārith al-Zuhri (), 767–856 CE / 150–242 AH, was a Muslim scholar and judge () who was a student of Malik ibn Anas.

He was born and lived in Medina, where he wrote a work called ('The Epitome on Fiqh'), as well as a recension of Malik ibn Anas' . He was dismissed from his position as qadi by Qutham ibn Ja'far in 210 AH (825/826 CE). In his judicial opinions (fatwas), he relied not only on hadith reports, but also on rational discretion ().

Abū Muṣʿab's recension of the is approximately five to ten percent larger than the recension of Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi, which is considered the 'vulgate' or standard version in the Maliki school of law.

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