Sahnun ibn Saʿid

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Sahnun ibn Saʿid was a prominent 9th-century Maliki jurist from North Africa, best known for compiling the influential legal manual al-Mudawwana.

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Sahnun ibn Saʿid at-Tanukhi 1

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instanceOf Islamic scholar
Muslim jurist
faqih
religious leader
associatedWith Malik ibn Anas’ legal tradition
centuryOfActivity 9th century
contributedTo codification of Maliki jurisprudence
doctrine Sunni orthodoxy as understood by Maliki school
era classical Islamic period
fieldOfWork Islamic jurisprudence
Maliki law NERFINISHED
fiqh
genreOfNotableWork Islamic legal manual
hasGenre fiqh manual
legal compendium
historicalReputation one of the foremost Maliki jurists of North Africa
inferredEthnicOrRegionalIdentity North African
influenced development of Maliki law in the Maghreb
later Maliki jurists
influenceOnTexts standardization of Maliki legal doctrine through al-Mudawwana
influenceScope Maghreb NERFINISHED
al-Andalus NERFINISHED
juridicalRole formulator of legal doctrine based on earlier Maliki authorities
jurisprudenceType Sunni fiqh
knownFor compiling al-Mudawwana
systematizing Maliki jurisprudence in North Africa
languageOfWork Arabic
legalSchool Maliki NERFINISHED
legalSchoolStatus major authority in Maliki madhhab
notableFor authority of his legal opinions in the Maliki school
notableWork al-Mudawwana NERFINISHED
occupation jurist
qadi
regionOfActivity Ifriqiya NERFINISHED
North Africa NERFINISHED
religion Islam
roleInIslamicLaw compiler of legal opinions of Malik ibn Anas and his school
transmitter of Maliki doctrine
schoolOfThought Maliki madhhab NERFINISHED
sourceType classical Islamic legal scholar
statusInSchool canonical Maliki authority
timePeriod Abbasid era
tradition Sunni Islam NERFINISHED
workAttributed al-Mudawwana al-Kubra NERFINISHED

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Al-Mudawwana al-Kubra compiledBy Sahnun ibn Saʿid
this entity surface form: Sahnun ibn Saʿid at-Tanukhi
Sahnun knownAs Sahnun ibn Saʿid