Ibn Abd al-Barr

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Ibn Abd al-Barr was an eminent 11th-century Andalusian Maliki jurist, hadith scholar, and historian known for his influential works on Islamic law and biographical literature.

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instanceOf Andalusian scholar
Maliki jurist
Muslim scholar
faqih
hadith scholar
historian
muhaddith
contributedTo codification of Maliki legal doctrine
preservation of early Islamic biographical data
transmission of hadith in al-Andalus
denomination Sunni
era 11th century
field Islamic history
biographical dictionary writing
fiqh
hadith studies
fullName Ibn Abd al-Barr self-linksurface differs
surface form: Abu Umar Yusuf ibn Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn Abd al-Barr al-Namari
givenName Yusuf
influenced biographical dictionary authors
later Maliki jurists
later hadith scholars
knownFor collecting and grading hadith chains
comprehensive biographies of the Companions of the Prophet
defending and explaining Maliki jurisprudence
systematic commentary on Malik's al-Muwatta
kunya Abu Umar
language Arabic
madhhab Maliki
mainInterest Islamic jurisprudence
biographical literature
hadith
nisba al-Namari
notableFor bridging hadith scholarship and Maliki fiqh
notableWork Jami‘ Bayan al-‘Ilm wa Fadlihi
al-Istidhkar li Madhhab ‘Ulama al-Amsar
al-Isti‘ab fi Ma‘rifat al-Ashab
Al-Kafi by Ibn Abd al-Barr
surface form: al-Kafi fi Fiqh Ahl al-Madina

al-Tamhid lima fi al-Muwatta min al-Ma‘ani wa al-Asanid
occupation jurist
teacher
traditionist
region Andalusia
surface form: al-Andalus
religion Islam
schoolTradition Maliki school
theologicalOrientation Sunni traditionalist

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Maliki school associatedScholar Ibn Abd al-Barr
Ibn Abd al-Barr fullName Ibn Abd al-Barr self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Abu Umar Yusuf ibn Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn Abd al-Barr al-Namari
Al-Kafi by Ibn Abd al-Barr author Ibn Abd al-Barr