Abū ʿĀṣim al-ʿAbbādī (985–1066), called al-Qāḍī al-Harawī,[1] was a Shāfiʿī judge and jurist from Herat.
[2] According to the biographical dictionary of Tāj al-Dīn al-Subkī, al-ʿAbbādī belonged to the fourth generation of Shāfiʿīs.
[6] In addition, his Adab al-qaḍāʾ on the adab (etiquette) of judges, has survived in al-Ishrāf ʿalā Ghawāmiḍ al-Ḥukūmāt, a commentary written by his student, Abū Saʿd ibn Abī Aḥmad ibn Abī Yūsuf al-Harawī (died c. 1107).
[2] In al-ʿAbbādī's lifetime, both Shāfiʿīs and Ḥanafīs were respected and influential in Greater Khurāsān and both received judgeships.
[2] Al-ʿAbbādī gained a reputation in his own time for his difficult style, which may explain the poor survival rate of his writings.