Ibn Farḥūn al-Mālikīfull name; Ibrāhīm b. ‘Alī b. M. Ibn Farḥūn, Burhān al-Dīn al-Ya’marī al-Andalusī al-Mālikī () (ca.1358 - 1397) was an Arab
Mālikī ''
faqīh
A faqīh (plural ''fuqahā'', ar, فقيه, pl. ) is an Islamic jurist, an expert in ''fiqh'', or Islamic jurisprudence and Islamic Law.
Definition
Islamic jurisprudence or ''fiqh'' is the human understanding of the Sharia ( ...
'' (jurist) of
Medina
Medina,, ', "the radiant city"; or , ', (), "the city" officially Al Madinah Al Munawwarah (, , Turkish: Medine-i Münevvere) and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah (, ), is the second-holiest city in Islam, and the capital of the ...
. born into a prominent Arab family that traced its descent to
Quraysh
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. He traveled to
Egypt
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,
Levant
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(
Syria) and
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
. In 1390 he returned to Medina, where he professed adherence to Maliki Islam and became ''
qāḍa'' (judge). His principal biographer,
Aḥmad Bābā attributes eight books to him. Only two MSS have been published, while three are lost.
Works
*''Al-dībāj al-mudhhab fī ma‘rifat a‘yān ‘ulamā’ al-madhhab''; popularly known as ''Al-Dībāj'', a
biographical dictionary
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of
Mālikī ‘ulamā’ (scholars) and comprehensive history of Malikite thought and scholarship of the school in
Al-Andalus
Al-Andalus translit. ; an, al-Andalus; ast, al-Ándalus; eu, al-Andalus; ber, ⴰⵏⴷⴰⵍⵓⵙ, label= Berber, translit=Andalus; ca, al-Àndalus; gl, al-Andalus; oc, Al Andalús; pt, al-Ândalus; es, al-Ándalus () was the Mus ...
and the
Maghreb
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, its rites, biography of its founder
Mālik ibn Anas
Malik ibn Anas ( ar, مَالِك بن أَنَس, 711–795 CE / 93–179 AH), whose full name is Mālik bin Anas bin Mālik bin Abī ʿĀmir bin ʿAmr bin Al-Ḥārith bin Ghaymān bin Khuthayn bin ʿAmr bin Al-Ḥārith al-Aṣbaḥī ...
and bibliography. Supplements and abridgements include ''Nayl al-ibtihāj'' the edition with Aḥmad Bābā (Cairo, 1351/1932).
*''Tabṣirat al-ḥukkām fī uṣūl al-aqḍiya wa-manāhij al-aḥkām''; manual of legal procedures, rules of evidence, etc.
*''Durrat al-ghawwāṣ fī muḥāḍarat al-khawāṣṣ'' (, 'the pearl-diver's prize on the discourse of elites'); treatise on
legal riddles.
*''Kashf al-niqāb al-ḥājib 'an muṣṭalaḥ Ibn al-Ḥājib'' ();
*''Irshād al-sālik ilá afʻāl al-manāsik'' ();
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External links''Kutub al-Khisal wa-l'Alghaz wa-l-Mustalahat''_almarkaz.ma (in Arabic)
See also
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List of Arab scientists and scholars
This is a list of Arab scientists and scholars from the Muslim World, including Al-Andalus (Spain), who lived from antiquity up until the beginning of the modern age, consisting primarily of scholars during the Middle Ages. For a list of contem ...
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Encyclopædia Britannica Online
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References
1358 births
1397 deaths
14th-century biographers
14th-century jurists
14th-century writers
Arab biographers
Maliki fiqh scholars
Encyclopedists of the medieval Islamic world
People from Medina
14th-century Arabic writers
14th-century historians of the medieval Islamic world
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