Sahnun

Sahnun ibn Sa'id ibn Habib at-Tanukhi
Personal
Born776–7 CE (160 AH)
Died854–5 CE (240 AH)
ReligionIslam
EraIslamic golden age
(Abbasid era)
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceMaliki[1]
Main interest(s)Hadith and Fiqh
Notable work(s)Al-Mudawwana

Sahnun ibn Sa'id ibn Habib at-Tanukhi (Arabic: سحنون بن سعيد بن حبيب التنوخي, romanizedSaḥnūn ibn Saʿīd ibn Ḥabīb at-Tanūkhī) (c. 776/77 – 854/55) (160 AH – 240 AH ) was a jurist in the Maliki school from Qayrawan in modern-day Tunisia.

  1. ^ V. Minorsky, First Encyclopaedia of Islam: 1913-1936, pp 64–65. ISBN 9004097961