Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi

Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi
أبو بكر بن العربى
Personal life
Born468H/1076
Died543H/ 1148
RegionAndalusian scholar
Notable work(s)Ahkam al-Qur'an (Rulings of the Qur'an), Al-'Awasim min al-Qawasim (Protection against the Destruction)
Religious life
ReligionIslam
JurisprudenceMaliki
CreedAshari
Muslim leader
Influenced by

Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi (Arabic: أبو بكر بن العربى; c. 1076–1148) was a Muslim qadi and scholar of Maliki law from al-Andalus. Like Al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad, Ibn al-Arabi was forced to migrate to what is now Morocco during the reign of the Almoravids. It is reported that he was a student of al-Ghazali. He was a master of Maliki Jurisprudence. His father was a student of Ibn Hazm. He also contributed to the spread of Ash'ari theology in al-Andalus. A detailed biography about him was written by his contemporary Qadi Ayyad (d. 1149), the Malikite scholar and judge from Ceuta.