al-Mawardi

Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Habib (Arabic: علي إبن محمد إبن حبيب, romanized: ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥabīb; c.974–1058), commonly known by the nisba al-Mawardi (Arabic: الماوردي, romanized: al-Māwardī), was a Sunni polymath and a Shafi'i jurist, legal theoretician, muhaddith, theologian, sociologist and an expert in political science. He is considered to be an eminent scholar of his time who wrote on numerous subjects, including Qur'anic interpretations, religion, government, public and constitutional law, language, ethics and belles-letters.

al-Mawardi
Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Muḥammad ibn Habib al-Basri al-Mawardi
أبو الحسن علي بن محمد بن حبيب البصري الماوردي
Abbasid Chief Judge
In office
1000s–1058
Abbasid official and Diplomat
In office
1031, 1037,
1042, 1043
Personal
Born
Ali

c. 972
Died27 May 1058
(30 Rabi'a 450 AH)
ReligionIslam
ChildrenHasan
ParentMuhammad ibn Habib
EraIslamic Golden Age
(Later Abbasid era)
RegionIraq
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceShafi'i
CreedAsh'ari
Main interest(s)Aqidah, (Islamic theology), Tawhid, Islamic Jurisprudence, Principles of Islamic jurisprudence, Sharia, Hadith, Tafsir, Sociology, Political Science
Notable work(s)
  • For his treatise on Ordinances of the Government.
  • Qanun al-Wazarah (Laws regarding the Ministers)
  • Kitab Nasihat al-Mulk (The Book of Sincere Advice to Rulers)
  • Kitab Aadab al-Dunya w'al-Din (The Ethics of Religion and of this World)
  • Personas of the Prophethood
Known forWorks on Religion, Government, the Caliphate, and Public and constitutional law during a time of political turmoil.
Muslim leader
Influenced
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