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Ice de Gebir (Arabic: عيسى بن جابر الشقوبي) or ʿĪsā ibn Jābir Al-Sheqoobi, was a prominent Faqīh or Muslim legal scholar in the Catholic Kingdom of Castille in the fifteen century CE. He was based in the city of Segovia, but travelled to Aiton, Savoie to assist John of Segovia in the major work of translating the Quran into Castilian Spanish, as it was a rare book in Christian Europe. He is also the author of Sunni Breviary, a thirteen volume collection on Islamic law and daily Muslim practices, based on Prophet Muhammad's teachings. His works became widely used by Mudéjars in Spain because of the loss of Arabic in the region.

Quran Translation
In 1455 CE, Isa bin Jabir left his native town of Segovia in central Spain, to travel to the Alps to assist John of Segovia who focused his attention on the conversion of Muslims in his later years. John preferred gentle persuasive methods, instead of using force, but achieving this required a good understanding of the Quran. Translations in fifteenth century CE, were not common in Christian Europe, mainly because Muslims did not permit the transfer of the Quran to Europe because of their concerns that it would not be given the respect they thought it deserved.

Isa bin Jabir, being a Hafiz (Quran), solved this dilemma because he could reproduce an entire Quran from memory. Moreover, he was also a mufti and a well respected imam of the Muslims of Segovia, which ensured accurate translation. According to letters sent by John of Segovia to his colleagues, Isa bin Jabir worked twelve hours a day for four months, stopping only on the Prophet Muhammad's birthday to complete the work.