Abu Ishaq al-Shatibi

Abū Isḥāq al-Shāṭibī
أبو إسحاق الشاطبي
Personal
Born
DiedSha'ban 8, 790 A.H/1388 C.E
ReligionIslam
Regional-Andalus
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceMaliki[1]
CreedAsh'ari[1]
Main interest(s)Fiqh, Usul al-Fiqh, Hadith, Tafsir, Arabic grammar, Linguistic
Arabic name
Personal (Ism)Ibrāhīm
Patronymic (Nasab)ibn Mūsā ibn Muḥammad
Teknonymic (Kunya)Abū Isḥāq
Toponymic (Nisba)al-Shāṭibī; al-Lakẖmī; al-Gharnāṭī

Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn Mūsā al-Shāṭibī (720 – 790 A.H./1320 – 1388 C.E.) was an Andalusí Sunni Islamic scholar.[2] He was regarded in his time as among the leading jurist and legal theoretician in the Maliki school of law.[3] He was well-versed in the science of hadith and Quranic interpretation. He was an eminent grammarian, linguist, and literary figure. He was considered the greatest scholar in Al-Andalus of his time and one of the most influential figures in the Maliki school.[4][5]

  1. ^ a b محمد بنتاجة ،الدكتور (2022). العقيدة الأشعرية من منظور الفكر الإسلامي المعاصر من التطبيق إلى الفاعلية الحضارية. Dar al-Kotob al-'Ilmiyya. p. 248. ISBN 9782745160164. Al-Shatibi al-Gharnati al-Ash'ari al-Maliki (d. 790 AH)
  2. ^ Dr. Ahmad Raysuni, Imam Shatibi's Theory of the Higher Objectives and Intents of Islamic Law translated by Nancy Roberts, publisher IIIT. p.74.
  3. ^ Necva B. Kazimov, Fathi Malkawi, Mohamad Fauzan Noordin, Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad, Glenn E. Perry, Pernille Ironside. American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences. Vol. 20. International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT). p. 166.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Tawfique Al-Mubarak 2015, p. 1
  5. ^ "The biography of Abu Ishaq Al-Shatibi". islamonline.net (in Arabic). 17 October 2023. Archived from the original on 26 April 2024.