Ibn Hazm
Abū Muḥammad ʿAlī ibn Aḥmad ibn Saʿīd ibn Ḥazm al-Andalusī (Arabic: أَبُو مُحَمَّد عَلِيّ بْن أَحْمَد بْن سَعِيد بْن حَزْم ٱلْأَنْدَلُسِيّ; 7 November 994 – 15 August 1064 CE/384–456 AH), commonly known as Ibn Ḥazm (Arabic: ٱبْن حَزْم), was an Andalusian Muslim polymath, historian, traditionist, jurist, philosopher, and theologian, born in the Córdoban Caliphate, present-day Spain. Described as one of the strictest narration interpreters, Ibn Hazm was a leading proponent and codifier of the Zahiri school of Islamic jurisprudence, and produced a reported 400 works, of which only 40 still survive. In all, his written works amounted to some 80,000 pages. Also described as one of the fathers of comparative religion, the Encyclopaedia of Islam refers to him as having been one of the leading thinkers of the Muslim world.
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Born | 7 November 994 CE/384 AH |
Died | 15 August 1064 CE/456 AH (456 AH) Montíjar, near Huelva, Taifa of Seville |
Religion | Islam |
Era | Islamic Golden Age |
Region | Al-Andalus |
Denomination | Sunni |
Jurisprudence | Zahiri |
Creed | Independent literalist |
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Personal (Ism) | ʿAlī عَلِيّ |
Patronymic (Nasab) | Ibn Aḥmad ibn Saʿīd ibn Ḥazm ٱبْن أَحْمَد بْن سَعِيد بْن حَزْم |
Teknonymic (Kunya) | Abū Muḥammad أَبُو مُحَمَّد |
Toponymic (Nisba) | Al-Andalusī ٱلْأَنْدَلُسِيّ |