Ibn Juzayy
Ibn Juzayy | |
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ابن جُزَيّ | |
| Title | Shaykh al-Islam Al-Ḥāfiẓ |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 1294 |
| Died | 1340 (aged 45–46) |
| Cause of death | Killed in Battle of Tarifa |
| Era | Middle Ages |
| Region | Iberian Peninsula |
| Main interest(s) | Tafsir, Qira'at, Hadith, Islamic Jurisprudence, Islamic theology, Legal theory, Arabic, literature, Poetry |
| Notable work(s) | Al-Tashil li Ulum al-Tanzil Al-Qawanin al-Fiqhiyyah Taqrib al-Wuṣul 'ila Ilm al-Usul |
| Occupation | Scholar, Mufassir, Reciter, Jurist, Traditionist, Theologian, Legal theoretician, litterateur, Poet |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Maliki |
| Creed | Ash'ari |
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Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yaḥyā ibn Yūsuf ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Juzayy al-Kalbī al-Gharnāṭī (Arabic: محمد بن أحمد بن عبد الله بن يحيى بن يوسف بن عبد الرحمن بن جُزَي الكلبي الغرناطي), better known as Ibn Juzayy (Arabic: ابن جُزَيّ) was an Andalusian Sunni Muslim scholar of Arab origin. He was a distinguished Maliki jurist, legal theoretician, Quran commentator, Quran reciter, hadith scholar, historian, scholar in Arabic, poet, preacher, orator, and a literary figure. He gained renown at a young age as a leading scholar of his time in al-Andalus, celebrated for both his classical writings and his martyrdom in the jihad against the Spanish Christian crusade. He was killed in the Battle of Tarifa in 1340.