Ahmad ibn al-Hajj al-Ayyashi Skirej (born 1295 AH / 1877 CE, Fez; died 23 Sha’ban 1363 AH / 1944 CE, Marrakesh) was a Moroccan jurist, judge, poet, historian, and Sufi. He held various positions—most notably in the administration of religious endowments (*Awqaf*) and the judiciary—in the cities of Oujda, Rabat, El Jadida, and Settat. He authored over two hundred works, the majority of which focused on the Tijani Sufi order; his poetic output included numerous poems in praise of the Prophet, one of which spans nearly twenty thousand verses.

He accompanied Sultan Moulay Youssef to France for the inauguration of the Great Mosque of Paris in the summer of 1344 AH (1926 CE); it was Skirej who delivered the sermon and led the congregation in prayer during the mosque’s first Friday service.

He engaged in debates with critics of Sufi orders within the study circles of Fez’s mosques and wrote extensively on the subject. Among his works is *Al-Hijara al-Muqtiya li-Kasr Mir’at al-Masa’i’ al-Waqtiya* (“The Stones Destined to Shatter the Mirror of Contemporary Vices”), addressed to Ibn al-Muwaqqit al-Marrakushi; the latter, in turn, responded to Skirej with the book *Al-Manatid al-Jawwiya* (“Aerial Balloons”).