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Ibn Juzayy
ابن جُزَيّ
TitleShaykh al-Islam
Al-Ḥāfiẓ
Personal
BornGranada
1294
Died1340 (aged 45–46)
Cause of deathKilled in Battle of Tarifa
ReligionIslam
EraMiddle Ages
RegionIberian Peninsula
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceMaliki
CreedAsh'ari[1][2]
Main interest(s)Tafsir, Qira'at, Hadith, Islamic Jurisprudence, Islamic theology, Legal theory, Arabic, literature, Poetry
Notable work(s)Al-Tashil li Ulum al-Tanzil
Al-Qawanin al-Fiqhiyyah
Taqrib al-Wuṣul 'ila Ilm al-Usul
OccupationScholar, Mufassir, Reciter, Jurist, Traditionist, Theologian, Legal theoretician, litterateur, Poet
Muslim leader
Influenced

Muhammad bin Ahmed bin Juzayy Al Gharnati (Arabic: أبو القاسم، محمد بن أحمد بن محمد بن عبد الله، ابن جزي الكلبي الغرناطي), better known as Ibn Juzayy (Arabic: ابن جُزَيّ) was an Andalusian Sunni Muslim scholar of Arab origin. He was a distinguished Maliki jurist, legal theoretician, Quran commentator, Quran reciter, hadith scholar, historian, scholar in Arabic, poet, preacher, orator, and a literary figure.[3][4][5] He achieved notoriety at a young age, known as a major scholar of his day. He is famed for authoring classical works and for achieving martyrdom during his jihad against the Spanish Christian crusade.

Lineage

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Ibn Juzayy Al-Kalbi ancestry is originally from Yemen. He is a member of the Yemeni tribe called Kalb al-Quda'iyya, and his tribe Banu Kalb reached Andalusia in two ways: The first category was that of governors, which led Anbasa bin Suhaim al-Kalbi to enter in 103 AH as a governor. The second category was that of the conquerors, which Abu all-Khattam Hussam bin Dirar Al-Kalbi entered in 125 AH. All these kinds belonged to a tribe called the Kalb, although Ibn Juzayy al-Kalbi's forefathers were among the conquerors. His grandfather, Sultan Abu Bakr Abdul Rahman Ibn Juzayy, was given the position of president and exclusive management of Jaén in the year 539 AH.[citation needed]

Early life

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Birth

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He was born, on Thursday, the ninth of Rabi' al-Thani, in the year 693 AH corresponding to March 15, 1294 CE, in the city of Granada, the capital of Andalusia at that time.[6]

Education

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He came from an illustrious family renown for their knowledge and piety. His father Ahmad Ibn Juzayy (d. 710 AH approximately) was a scholar and a reciter. It was through his family's influence that led him to crave for knowledge.[citation needed]

Ibn al-Khatib said: “He (may Allah have mercy upon him) was sincerely devoted to knowledge, studying, writing, and teaching, and he ventured into different areas of knowledge: Arabic language, Usool al-Fiqh, Quranic modes of recitation, Hadeeth, Arabic literature, and Tafseer. He memorized and comprehended the statements of the earlier scholars and studied many books and references.”[3]

Teachers

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His Famous Teachers are:[citation needed]

  • Abu Jaʻfar ibn Az-Zubayr
  • Abu Al-Hasan ibn Samʻoon
  • Abu 'Abdullaah ibn Al-ʻImaad

He also narrated from:[citation needed]

  • Abu 'Abdullaah ibn Abi ʻAamir ibn Rabi'
  • Abu Al-Majd ibn Abi ʻAli ibn Abi Al-Ahwaz

Scholarly life

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Career

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After this stage, Ibn Juzayy devoted himself to teaching his students the Qur’an, the rules of its recitation, the readings with their narrations, and he taught them the Hadith, especially the six main Sunni Hadith collections (Kutub al-Sittah), including Muwatta Malik, the Arabic language, interpretation, legal theory and Maliki jurisprudence. He worked early on in writing and he mostly worked in issuing fatwas according to the Maliki school of thought. He was appointed as a preacher and led prayers in the Great Mosque in Granada, despite his young age; people commended his knowledge, righteousness and character.[6]

Students

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Many students graduated under him:

  • Lisan al-Din Ibn al-Khatib (d. 776 AH),
  • Muhammad bin Muhammad Al-Ansari, known as Ibn al-Khashab (d. 774 AH),
  • Abu Abdullah Al-Shadid (d. after 776 AH),

And his three sons, they are:

  • Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin Muhammad Al-Katib (d. 757 AH),
  • And Abu Bakr Ahmed bin Muhammad Al-Qadi (d. 758 AH),
  • And Abu Muhammad Abdullah bin Muhamma

Death

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On Jumada al-Awwal 9th, 741 AH corresponding to October 30, 1340 AD, Ibn Juzayy was killed in the Battle of Tarifa at the young age of 46, which took place in southern Andalusia between the Muslim army, consisting of an alliance of the Marinid Sultanate and the Emirate of Granada, and the Christian army, consisting of an alliance of the Kingdom of Castile and the Kingdom of Portugal. Ibn Juzay was participating with the Muslim army and he was the forefront in vocalizing jihad urging them to fight and stimulating their enthusiasm, but when the battle ended with the defeat of the Muslim armies, Ibn Juzayy was killed and died as martyr.[citation needed]

Works

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Ibn Juzayy was a multi-talented writer whose works demonstrate his depth of knowledge and virtue. He has written in a variety of fields, including the science of interpretation, recitation, Arabic, Hadith, history, fiqh, the principles of fiqh, the principles of religion, and a number of poems strewn throughout his works. Despite living a short life, his works have achieved prominence and still widely read till this day.[citation needed]

  1. Al-Tashil li Ulum al-Tanzil ["Facilitation of the Sciences of Revelation"], is regarded as one of the best and most authentic interpretations of the Quran.
  2. Al-Qawanin al-Fiqhiyyah ["The Laws of Jurisprudence"], a comparative manual of the jurisprudence of the four Sunni madhhabs (Maliki, Hanafi, Shafi`i, Hanbali) with emphasis on the Maliki school and notices of the views of the Ẓāhirī school and others.
  3. Taqrib al-Wuṣul 'ila Ilm al-Usul ["The Nearest of Paths to the Knowledge of the Fundamentals of Islamic Jurisprudence"], a popular book on legal theory according to the Maliki school.
  4. Wasilah al-Muslim fi tahdzib sahih Muslim ["Al-Muslim's way to refine Sahih Muslim"], a book on hadith.
  5. Al-Nur Al-mubayyan, fi qawa’id aqa’id al-Din ["The clear light in the principles of religious beliefs"], a book on beliefs.
  6. Al mukhtasar al-bari’ fi qiraat nafi ["The brilliant summary of Nafi's recitation"], a book on qira'at.
  7. Usul al-qurra’ al-sittah kgair nafi ["The Six Principles of Recitation of Jir Nafi"], another book on qira'at.
  8. Al-fawaid al-‘ammah fi lahn al-‘ammah ["General benefits in the general tune"], a book on grammar
  9. Al-dhawaat wa al-Adzkar Al-makhrrjah min Saheeh Al-Akhbar
  10. Al-Jawahar Al-Hissan
  11. Dictionary of Ibn Juzayy, a biographical collection.

Family

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He had three sons. His son Abu Abdullah Ibn Juzayy is mainly known as the writer to whom Ibn Battuta dictated an account of his travels. He wrote "The Travels of Ibn Battuta" (Riḥlat Ibn Baṭūṭah) in 1352-55.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Yassin Ghanem Jassim al-Aridi (2024). Classes of Ash'aris, notables of the people of the Sunnah and the community. Dar al-Kotob al-'Ilmiyya. p. 400-401. ISBN 9786144962350.
  2. ^ Muhammad ibn 'Alawi al-Maliki. "The Ash'ari School". As-Sunnah Foundation of America. Archived from the original on 12 Jan 2021. Shaykh al-Islam Ahmad ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani (d. 852/1449; Rahimahullah), the mentor of Hadith scholars and author of the book "Fath al-Bari bi-Sharh Sahih al-Bukhari", which not a single Islamic scholar can dispense with, was Ash'ari. The shaykh of the scholars of Sunni Islam, Imam al-Nawawi (d. 676/1277; Rahimahullah), author of "Sharh Sahih Muslim" and many other famous works, was Ash'ari. The master of Qur'anic exegetes, Imam al-Qurtubi (d. 671/1273; Rahimahullah), author of "al-Jami' li-Ahkam al-Qur'an", was Ash'ari. Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Hajar al-Haytami (d. 974/1567; Rahimahullah), who wrote "al-Zawajir 'an Iqtiraf al-Kaba'ir", was Ash'ari. The Shaykh of Sacred Law and Hadith, the conclusive definitive Zakariyya al-Ansari (d. 926/1520; Rahimahullah), was Ash'ari. Imam Abu Bakr al-Baqillani (d. 403/1013; Rahimahullah), Imam al-'Asqalani; Imam al-Nasafi (d. 710/1310; Rahimahullah); Imam al-Shirbini (d. 977/1570; Rahimahullah); Abu Hayyan al-Gharnati, author of the Qur'anic commentary "al-Bahr al-Muhit"; Imam Ibn Juzayy (d. 741/1340; Rahimahullah); author of "al-Tashil fi 'Ulum al-Tanzil"; and others – all of these were Imams of the Ash'aris.
  3. ^ a b "Biography of Ibn Juzayy al-Kalbi". islamweb.net. Archived from the original on 20 March 2023.
  4. ^ Al-Zirikli. "Al-'Alam by al-Zirikli". shamela.ws (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 16 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  5. ^ "عالم الأندلس ابن جزي الغرناطي ومتن عقيدته" [The scholar of al-Andalus Ibn Juzayy al-Gharnati and the text of his creed]. arrabita.ma (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 16 August 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Ibn Juzayy al-Maliki (d. 741 AH)". arrabita.ma (in Arabic). Muhammadiya Association of Scholars (al-Rabita al-Muhammadiyya lil-'Ulamā' in Morocco). Archived from the original on 16 August 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2022.

Bibliography

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  • Ibn Juzayy, Muhammad ibn Ahmad, Tasfiyat al-qulub fi al-wusul ila hadrat 'Allam al-Ghuyub / li-Ibn Juzayy al-Gharnati ; dirasat wa-tahqiq Munir al-Qadiri Bu Dashish ; taqdim Ahmad al-Tawfiq. al-Tab'ah 1.'' [Casablanca : s.n.], 1998 ISBN 9981-1951-0-3
  • M. Isabel Calero Secall, RULERS AND QĀDĪS: THEIR RELATIONSHIP DURING THE NASRID KINGDOM, in: Journal Islamic Law and Society, Volume 7, Number 2 / June, 2000
  • Ibn al-Khatib, al-Ihata fi akhbar Gharnata, ed. M. Inan, 4 vols. (Cairo, 1973-77), I, 157-62;
  • Ibn al-Khatib, al-Katiba al-kamina, ed. Ihsan Abbas,(Beirut, 1983), 138-43
  • Ibn al-Khatib, al-Lamha al-badriyya fi l-dawla al-nasriyya, ed. Muhibb al-Din al-Khatib, 3rd ed. (Beirut, 1978), 116-18
  • Al-Maqqari Nafh al-tib min ghusn al-Andalus al-ratib, ed. I. 'Abbas, Beirut, 1968, t. 8, pp. 40-54
  • F.Velazquez Basanta, Retrato jatibiano de Abu Bakr Ya'far Ahmad ibn Yuzayy, otro poeta y qadi al-yama'a de Granada. Anales de la Universidad de Cadiz, IX-X (1992-93), 39-51
  • Maria Arcas Campoy, Un tratado de derecho comparado: el Kitàb al-Qawànìn de Ibn Juzayy, pp. 49-57, In: Atti del XIII Congresso dell'Union Européenne d'Arabisants et d'Islamisants (Venezia 1986)he was the one who Ibn Battuta dedicated his life and works to.