What is "al-bannani"

Muhammad ibn al-Hassan al-Bannani (1727 – 1780 CE) (1133 AH – 1194 AH) , more commonly referred to in books of Islamic law simply as al-Bannani or Imam al-Banani, was an important 18th century Muslim jurist from Fes, Morocco. Al-Bannani was an accomplished scholar in the Maliki school of Islamic jurisprudence ( fiqh).