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tabii Tariq ibn Ziyad

Berber Muslim military commander who led the Umayyad conquest of the Iberian Peninsula in 92 AH (711 CE). The Rock of Gibraltar (Jabal Tariq) is named after him

tabi_tabii al-Awzai

...lar of the Levant whose madhab was dominant in Syria and al-Andalus before being replaced.

classical Ibn Abdul-Barr

A leading Maliki scholar of al-Andalus, author of at-Tamhid and al-Istiab on companion biographies...

classical Ibn Hazm

Andalusian scholar and founder of the Zahiri school in al-Andalus, ...

classical Ibn al-Arabi al-Maliki

Maliki judge and scholar of Seville, author of Ahkam al-Quran on legal rulings from the Quran.

classical Ibn Rushd (Averroes)

Andalusian Maliki jurist and philosopher, author of Bidayat al-Mujt...

classical al-Qurtubi

Author of al-Jami li-Ahkam al-Quran, a major tafsir focused on legal rulings derived from the Quran.

medieval Ibn Malik

Andalusian grammarian and author of al-Alfiyyah (the Thousand-Line ...

medieval Ibn Juzayy

Andalusian Maliki jurist and mufassir who authored at-Tashil li Ulu...

medieval ash-Shatibi

Maliki scholar who pioneered the study of Maqasid ash-Shariah (objectives of Islamic law) in his work al-Muwafaqat.

classical Abu Amr ad-Dani

Leading authority on Quranic recitations (qira'at) and author of 'at-Taysir,' a foundational text in the science of Quranic readings.

classical Ibn Abd al-Barr

Andalusian Maliki jurist and hadith master, author of 'at-Tamhid' a...

medieval Ibn Juzayy al-Gharnati

Andalusian Maliki scholar and author of 'at-Tashil li Ulum at-Tanzi...

medieval Abu Hayyan al-Andalusi

Andalusian-Egyptian grammarian and mufassir, author of 'al-Bahr al-...

medieval Ibn Arabi

Known as 'ash-Shaykh al-Akbar' (the Greatest Master), one of the most influential and controversial figures in Islamic mysticism.

medieval al-Qadi Iyad

Maliki judge of Ceuta and author of 'ash-Shifa bi Ta'rif Huquq al-Mustafa,' the most celebrated work on the rights and honor of the Prophet Muhammad.

medieval Abd al-Rahman al-Ghafiqi

The Umayyad governor of al-Andalus (Islamic Spain) who led the famous invasion of Francia (114...

medieval al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik

...sion of the Prophet's Mosque in Madinah, the conquest of al-Andalus (Spain) by Tariq ibn Ziyad and Musa ibn Nusayr, and the con...

medieval Ibn Arabi

Called al-Shaykh al-Akbar (the Greatest Master), an Andalusian scholar settled in Damascus (560-638 AH) and the most co...

classical Ibn Habib al-Maliki

The first great Maliki scholar of al-Andalus, who transmitted the school from the East and established i...

medieval Ibn Rushd al-Jadd

...f the philosopher Averroes, the leading Maliki jurist of al-Andalus, author of al-Muqaddimat al-Mumahhidat.

medieval al-Tartushi

Andalusian Maliki scholar who settled in Alexandria, author of Sira...

medieval al-Baji

Major Andalusian Maliki scholar and hadith master, author of al-Muntaqa f...

late-classical Ibn Rushd (Averroes)

Andalusian philosopher and jurist; his commentaries on Aristotle sh...

late-classical Ahmad al-Wansharisi

...ensive collection of Maliki fatwas from North Africa and al-Andalus.

late-classical al-Shatibi (Qiraat)

Andalusian scholar who composed Hirz al-Amani (al-Shatibiyyah), the...

medieval Ibn Jubayr

The great Andalusian traveler and poet. His Rihlah (travel account) is one of...

medieval al-Shatibi

The greatest scholar of Islamic legal theory (usul al-fiqh) after al-Ghazali. His al-Muwafaqat revolutionized usul al-fiqh by developing the concept of maqasid

medieval Ibn Rushd (Averroes)

The greatest Islamic philosopher and Aristotle's chief commentator. A practicing Maliki jurist. His philosophical works profoundly influenced medieval European

medieval Imam al-Qurtubi

Author of al-Jami' li-Ahkam al-Quran (Tafsir al-Qurtubi), the most comprehensive Maliki Quranic commentary focusing on legal rulings extracted from the Quran.

medieval Ibn Rushd (grandfather)

Leading Maliki jurist of al-Andalus and grandfather of the philosopher Averroes (Ibn Rushd).

classical Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi

Andalusian Maliki scholar and the primary transmitter of the Muwatt...

medieval al-Idrisi

Greatest Arab geographer, who created the most accurate map of the world in the 12th century for King Roger II of Sicily.

medieval Ibn al-Arabi (Maliki jurist)

Leading Maliki scholar of al-Andalus. His Ahkam al-Quran is the major Maliki commentary on Quran...

medieval Ibn Hazm al-Andalusi

Zahirite scholar of al-Andalus. His al-Muhalla is the encyclopedic fiqh text of the Zahiri...

ottoman al-Maqqari

Moroccan historian of al-Andalus. His Nafh al-Tib is the most comprehensive history of Islam...

medieval Ibn Atiyya al-Andalusi

Andalusian Maliki scholar whose al-Muharrar al-Wajiz is the most sc...

medieval al-Shatibi (usul al-fiqh)

Maliki scholar of Granada whose al-Muwafaqat is the foundational text on Maqasid al-Shariah (objectives of Islamic law).

classical Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi

Andalusian Maliki jurist who transmitted Malik's Muwatta to Spain; ...