Ibn Hazm

Ibn Hazm (Arabic: ٱبْن حَزْم, romanized: Ibn Ḥazm; 7 November 994 – 15 August 1064 CE), was a Sunni Muslim polymath, historian, traditionist, jurist, philosopher, and theologian, born in the Córdoban Caliphate, present-day Spain. Described as one of the strictest hadith interpreters, Ibn Hazm was a leading proponent and codifier of the Zahiri school of Islamic jurisprudence, and produced a reported 400 works, of which only 40 still survive. In all, his written works amounted to some 80,000 pages. Also described as one of the fathers of comparative religion, the Encyclopaedia of Islam refers to him as having been one of the leading thinkers of the Muslim world.

Ibn Hazm
ٱبْن حَزْم
A monument of Ibn Hazm standing in Córdoba, Spain
Title
Personal
Born7 November 994 CE (384 AH)
Died15 August 1064 CE (456 AH)
Montíjar, near Huelva, Taifa of Seville
ReligionIslam
EraIslamic Golden Age
RegionAl-Andalus
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceZahiri
CreedIndependent literalist
Main interest(s)
Notable work(s)
  • Al-Fisal fi al-Milal wa-l-Nihal
  • al-Muhalla
  • al-Ihkam fi Usul al-Ahkam
  • Tawq al-Hamama
Occupation
Arabic name
Personal
(Ism)
ʿAlī
عَلِيّ
Patronymic
(Nasab)
Ibn Aḥmad ibn Saʿīd ibn Ḥazm
ٱبْن أَحْمَد بْن سَعِيد بْن حَزْم
Teknonymic
(Kunya)
Abū Muḥammad
أَبُو مُحَمَّد
Toponymic
(Nisba)
Al-Andalusī
ٱلْأَنْدَلُسِيّ
Muslim leader
Influenced by
Influenced
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