Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani
Ibn Abī Zayd | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | 922 |
| Died | 386/996[1] |
| Main interest(s) | Aqidah, Fiqh |
| Notable work(s) | Al-Risalah al-Fiqhiyyah |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Mālikī[1] |
| Creed | Ash'ari[2][3][4][5] |
| Muslim leader | |
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Influenced | |
Ibn Abī Zayd (Arabic: ابن أبي زيد القيرواني) (922–996), fully Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Abī Zayd ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Nafzawī ibn Abī Zayd al-Qayrawanī,[7] was a Maliki scholar from Kairouan in Tunisia.[1][2][8] His best known work is Al-Risala or the Epistle, an instructional book devoted to the education of young children. He was a member of the Nafzawah Berber tribe and lived in Kairouan. In addition, he served as the Imam (spiritual leader) of one of the mosques' that followed the Maliki School tradition.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Aaron Spevack, The Archetypal Sunni Scholar: Law, Theology, and Mysticism in the Synthesis of Al-Bajuri, p 55. State University of New York Press, 1 Oct 2014. ISBN 143845371X
- ^ a b Al-Bayhaqi (1999). Allah's Names and Attributes. Translated by Gibril Fouad Haddad. Islamic Supreme Council of America. pp. 17–18. ISBN 9781930409033.
- ^ Aaron Spevack (9 September 2014). The Archetypal Sunnī Scholar: Law, Theology, and Mysticism in the Synthesis of Al-Bājūri. State University of New York Press. p. 55. ISBN 9781438453729.
- ^ Yassin Ghanem Jassim al-Aridi (2024). Classes of Ash'aris, notables of the people of the Sunnah and the community. Dar al-Kotob al-'Ilmiyya. p. 48-49. ISBN 9782745194008.
- ^ Ibn al-Ahdal (1964). Ahmad Bakīr Mahmud (ed.). Kashf al-Ghata' 'an Haqa'iq al-Tawhid كشف الغطاء عن حقائق التوحيد (PDF) (in Arabic). Tunisia: Tunisian General Labour Union. p. 83.
- ^ Richard C. Martín, Encyclopedia of Islam & the Muslim World, Volume 1, p 105. ISBN 0028656032
- ^ Akyeampong, Emmanuel Kwaku; Gates, Henry Louis (2012). Dictionary of African Biography. Vol. 6. OUP USA. p. 100. ISBN 9780195382075.
- ^ Herbert J. Liebesny, The Law of the Near & Middle East, SUNY Press, 1975 ISBN 978-0-87395-256-9, p. 175
External links
[edit]- islaam.org.uk "Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qairawani (d.386H)", by Hassan Ahmad, from al-Jumuah Magazine, Volume 12 Issue 9 (retrieved September 12, 2008)
- Rahman, Sayeed, The Legal and Theological Thought of Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani (Yale University Ph.D., 2009) is the most comprehensive English language work on Ibn Abi Zayd
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