Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi

Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi
أبو بكر بن العربى
Personal
Born468H/1076
Died543H/ 1148
ReligionIslam
EraIslamic Golden Age
RegionAndalusian scholar
JurisprudenceMaliki
CreedAsh'ari[1][2]
Notable work(s)Ahkam al-Qur'an (Rulings of the Qur'an), Al-'Awasim min al-Qawasim (Protection against the Destruction)
Muslim leader
Influenced by

Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi (Arabic: أبو بكر بن العربى, romanizedʾAbū Bakr ibn al-ʿArabī; c. 1076–1148) was a Muslim judge and scholar of Maliki law from al-Andalus. Like Al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad, Ibn al-Arabi was forced to migrate to Morocco during the reign of the Almoravids. It is reported that he was a student of Al-Ghazali. He was a master of Maliki Jurisprudence. His father was a student of Ibn Hazm. He also contributed to the spread of Ash'ari theology in Spain. A detailed biography about him was written by his contemporary Qadi Ayyad (d. 1149), the Malikite scholar and judge from Ceuta.[1]

  1. ^ a b The Encyclopaedia of Islam. New Edition. Brill, Leiden. vol. 4, p. 289
  2. ^ Griffel (2009), p. 62-66
  3. ^ Lewis, B.; Menage, V.L.; Pellat, Ch.; Schacht, J. (1986) [1st. pub. 1971]. Encyclopaedia of Islam. Vol. III (H-Iram) (New ed.). Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. p. 707. ISBN 9004081186.