Ibn 'Abd al-Barr explained

Religion:	Islam
Yūsuf ibn 'Abd Allāh ibn Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Barr al-Namarī
Birth Date:	978 CE / 368 AH
Birth Place:	Córdoba, Caliphate of Córdoba
Death Date:	1071 CE / 463 AH
Death Place:	Xàtiva, Kingdom of Dénia
Era:	Medieval era
Region:	Al-Andalus
Denomination:	Sunni
Creed:	Athari^[1] ^[2] ^[3]
Jurisprudence:	Maliki
Main Interests:	Islamic jurisprudence, Islamic theology, Hadith
Influences:	Malik ibn Anas
Influenced:	Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya^[4]
Native Name:	يُوسُف بن عبد الله بن مُحمَّد بن عبد البر النمري
School Tradition:	Athari^[5]

Yūsuf ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Barr, Abū ʿUmar al-Namarī al-Andalusī al-Qurṭubī al-Mālikī, commonly known as Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr (Arabic: ابن عبد البر) ^{[6] [7]} was an eleventh-century Maliki scholar and Athari theologian^[8] who served as the Qadi of Lisbon.^{[9] [10]} He died in .

Biography

Ibn 'Abd al-Barr was born in 978 and died in 1071 in Xàtiva in Al-Andalus.^{[11] [12]} According to Ibn Khallikan, Ibn Abd al-Barr sprung from the Arabian tribe of Namr ibn Qasit.^[13]

While initially having been an adherent of the Zahirite school of Muslim jurisprudence, Ibn Abd al-Barr later switched to the Maliki school,^[14] which was the officially recognized legal code of the Umayyad dynasty, under which he lived. His book on the three great Sunni jurists Malik ibn Anas, Al-Shafi'i and Abu Hanifa noticeably excluded both his former patron Dawud al-Zahiri and Ahmad ibn Hanbal.^[15] Ibn 'Abd al-Barr was a strong opponent of the practice of Taqlid (blind-imitation)^[16] and represented the traditionalist strand of the Maliki school.^[17] He is often referred to as the "Bukhari of the West."

A custodian of the royal libraries the Umayyad Caliphate in Cordoba patronized, he taught in the Grand Mosque of Cordoba and its attached colleges.

Works

Some of his works include:

• The Comprehensive Compilation of the Names of the Prophet's Companions Arabic: الإستيعاب في معرفة الأصحاب|Al-Isti'ab fi ma'rifat al-ashab. In it, the author intended to list every person who met Muhammad even once in their life;
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• Al-Ajwiba al-Mû`iba ("The Comprehensive Answers");
• Al-`Aql wal-`Uqalâ' ("Reason and the People of Wisdom");
• Ash`âr Abî al-`Atâhiya ("The Poems of Abû al-`Atahiya[12]");
• Al-Bayân fî Tilâwat al-Qur'an ("The Exposition Concerning the Recitation of the Qur'ân");
• Al-Farâ'id ("The Laws of Inheritance");
• Al-Iktifâ' fî Qirâ'at Nâfi`in wa Abî `Amrin ("The Contentment in Nâfi` and Abû `Amr's Reading");
• Al-Inbâh `an Qabâ'il al-Ruwâh ("Drawing Attention to the Nomenclature of the Narrators' Tribes");
• Al-Insâf fî Asmâ' Allâh ("The Book of Fidelity: On the Names of Allâh");
• Al-Intiqâ' fî Fadâ'il al-Thalâthat al-A'immat al-Fuqahâ' Mâlik wal-Shâfi`î wa Abî Hanîfa ("The Hand-Picked Excellent Merits of the Three Great Jurisprudent Imâms: Mâlik, Shâfi`î, and Abû Hanîfa"). Shaykh `Abd al-Fattâh Abû Ghudda said the order in the title reflects the precedence of Madîna over Makka and that of Makka over al-Kûfa.
• Al-Istidhkâr li Madhhab `Ulamâ' al-Amsâr fîmâ Tadammanahu al-Muwatta' min Ma`ânî al-Ra'î wal-Athâr ("The Memorization of the Doctrine of the Scholars of the World Concerning the Juridical Opinions and the Narrations Found in Mâlik's Muwatta'");
• Jâmi` Bayân al-`Ilmi wa-Fadlihi wamâ Yanbaghî fî Riwâyatihi wa Hamlih ("Compendium Exposing the Nature of Knowledge and Its Immense Merit, and What is Required in the Process of Narrating it and Conveying it");
• Al-Kâfî fî Madhhab Mâlik ("The Sufficiency in Mâlik's School of Jurisprudence");
• Al-Kunâ ("The Patronyms");
• Al-Maghâzî ("The Battles");
• Al-Qasd wal-Umam fî Nasab al-`Arab wal-`Ajam ("The Endeavors and the Nations: Genealogies of the Arabs and Non-Arabs");
• Al-Shawâhid fî Ithbât Khabar al-Wâhid ("The Supporting Evidence for Maintaining Lone-Narrator Reports [as a source for legal rulings]");
• Al-Tamhîd limâ fîl-Muwatta' min al-Ma`ânî wal-Asânîd ("The Facilitation to the Meanings and Chains of Transmission Found in Mâlik's Muwatta'");
• Al-Taqassî fî Ikhtisâr al-Muwatta' ("The Detailed Study in the Abridgment of the Muwatta'");

See also

• Islamic scholars

External links

• Full biography by Shaykh Jibrîl Al Haddâd
• Biography of Imam Ibn 'Abd Il Barr by at-tawhid.net
• The Belief of Imam Ibn Abd Al Barr

Notes and References

1. Book: Fierro, Maribel . Peri Bearman . Rudolph Peters . Frank E. Vogel . The Islamic School of Law: Evolution, Devolution and Progress . 2005 . Cambridge, MA . Harvard University Press . 9780674017849 . Proto-Malikis, Malikis and Reformed Malikis in Al-Andalus . "The "Traditionalization" of the Andalusi Maliki school was mainly achieved by Abu 'Umar 'b 'Abd al-Barr (d. 463/1071)..." . 71–72.
2. Book: G. Chejne, Anwar . The Arabic Language: Its Role in History . 1969 . University of Minnesota Press . 9781452912233 . "There were also scholars such as... the traditionalist Yūsuf ibn 'Abd al-Barr (died 1071)." . 78.
3. Book: Makdisi, George . Ibn ʻAqil: Religion and Culture in Classical Islam . 1997 . Edinburgh . Edinburgh University Press . 0-7486-0960-1 . "Another group of traditionalists, Salafiyya, like... Ibn 'Abd al-Barr (d. 63/1071), affirm the acts of God.." . 121.
4. Book: Mustafa, Abdul-Rahman . On Taqlīd: Ibn al Qayyim's Critique of Authority in Islamic Law . 2020 . New York . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-993751-6 . 64–65.
5. Book: G. Chejne, Anwar . The Arabic Language: Its Role in History . 1969 . University of Minnesota Press . 9781452912233 . "There were also scholars such as... the traditionalist Yūsuf ibn 'Abd al-Barr (died 1071)." . 78.
6. http://media.isnet.org/antar/jsi/01.html Jesus' Sayings and Stories in Islamic Literature
7. http://www.masnet.org/history.asp?id=539 Muslim American Society
8. Book: Modern Hadith Studies: Continuing Debates and New Approaches. Edinburgh University Press. 2020. 978-1-4744 4179-7. Abu-AlAbbas, Belal . Dann, Michael . Melchert, Christopher . Edinburgh . 121.
9. Book: Brown, Jonathan A.C. . Jonathan A.C. Brown . Misquoting Muhammad: The Challenge and Choices of Interpreting the Prophet's Legacy . 2014 . . 978-1780744209 . 49 . registration .
10. Book: The Encyclopaedia of Islam: New Edition Volume III . 1986. 90-04-08118-6. Lewis, B. . Ménage, V.L. . Pellat, CH. . Schacht, J. . E. J. Brill . Leiden, Netherlands. 674.
11. https://web.archive.org/web/19990826135210/http://www.geocities.com/%7Eabdulwahid/abuhanifah/al-imam.html Al-Imam Al-Azam Abu Hanifa
12. Web site: TheSunnipath.PDF . 2009-06-07 . 2012-10-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121021120840/http://www.hizmetbooks.org/AdobeBooks/TheSunniPath.pdf . dead .
13. Book: Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary Translated from the Arabic by Bn. Mac Guckin De Slane: Paris Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1871. 1871. 404. en.
14. Book: طبقات الأصوليين بعدوتي المغرب والأندلس . January 2020 . Dar Al Kotob Al Ilmiyah دار الكتب العلمية . 978-2-7451-9685-9 .
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16. Book: Mustafa, Abdul-Rahman . On Taqlīd: Ibn al Qayyim's Critique of Authority in Islamic Law . Oxford University Press . 2013 . 978-0-19-993751-6 . New York . 64–70.
17. Book: Modern Hadith Studies: Continuing Debates and New Approaches. Edinburgh University Press. 2020. 978-1-4744 4179-7. Abu-AlAbbas, Belal . Dann, Michael . Melchert, Christopher . Edinburgh . 121. "..Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr (d. 463/1071) and al-Ṭaḥāwī (d. 321/933) represented a traditionalist tendency within the Mālikī and Ḥanafī schools.".