Ibn Ashur

Muḥammad al-Ṭāhir ibn ʿĀshūr
مُحَمَّد الطَاهِر بن عَاشُور
TitleShaykh ul-Islam
Personal
Born1879[1]
Tunis, Beylik of Tunis
Died1973 (aged 93–94)[1]
La Marsa, Tunisia
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceMaliki[4]
CreedAsh'ari[2]
MovementModernism[3]
Notable work(s)Tafsir al-Tahrir wa al-Tanwir, Maqasid al-Shari'ah al-Islamiyyah, A laysa al-subh bi-qarib
Muslim leader
Influenced by
ChildrenMohamed Fadhel Ben Achour

Muḥammad al-Ṭāhir ibn ʿĀshūr (full name محمد الطاهر ابن محمد ابن محمد الطاهر ابن عاشور Muḥammad al-Ṭāhir ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭāhir ibn ʿĀshūr;[7] 1879 – August 1973[1]) was a graduate of University of Ez-Zitouna and a well known Islamic scholar.[8] He studied classical Islamic scholarship with reform-minded scholars. He became a judge then Shaykh al-Islām in 1932. He was a writer and author on the subject of reforming Islamic education and jurisprudence. He is best remembered for his Qur'anic exegesis, al-Tahrir wa'l-Tanwir (The Verification and Enlightenment).[8]

  1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference jacb1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ M. Nafi 2005, p. 22.
  3. ^ Nuruddin, Amiur, et al. "Relationship of Interfaith in Tunisia (Critical Study of Ibn ‘Ashur Tafsir W. 1973)." Budapest International Research and Critics Institute-Journal (BIRCI-Journal) (2019): 353-372.
  4. ^ M. Nafi 2005, p. 12.
  5. ^ Yakubovych, Mykhaylo. "A Cultural Significance of the Modern Islamic Exegetics for the Theory of Religious Tolerance." Int'l Stud. J. 9 (2012): 79. "The similar ideas can be found in tafsir of Tunisian scholar Muhammad ibn ‘Ashur (1879 – 1973), who was influenced much by Muhammad Abduh."
  6. ^ Kazemi-Moussavi, Ahmad. "Rethinking Islamic Legal Methodology with Reference to Maqasid al-Shari'ah." ICR Journal 2.2 (2011): 272-284. "...when Ibn Ashur (d. 1973), a Tunisian student of the Egyptian reformist thinker Muḥammad ʿAbduh..."
  7. ^ M. Nafi 2005, p. 2.
  8. ^ a b M. Nafi 2005, p. 1.