Mohamed Aidarus Noor is an Alexander Von Humboldt Postdoc Fellow based in the Institute of Islamic Studies at Freie Universität in Berlin, Germany. He received his PhD from the Department of Archaeology, History, Culture Studies, and Religion at the University of Bergen in Norway, where he is also affiliated with the CanCode project. His current research delves into the evolution of Islamic legal texts, concentrating on the canonization processes of Minhāj al-ṭālibīn wa-ʿumdat al-muftīn, authored by the distinguished Syrian jurist Abū Zakariyyāʾ Yaḥyā b. Sharaf al-Nawawī (631/1233-676/1277). This text has played a crucial role in shaping juristic discourse and Islamic legal practices across various legal and academic contexts within the Swahili society of the East Coast of Africa.