Biography
Al-Lakhmi was born in Qayrawan and spent the early part of his life there before moving to Sfax. Here he continued his education and then began teaching students in the mosque of the city. One of his students was al-Mazari (d. 536/1141), who refers to al-Lakhmi more frequently than any other teacher in his own works. Al-Lakhmi died in Sfax in 478/1085.Known works
Al-Lakhmi's juristic compendium al-Tabsirah is an important text in the Maliki legal school. It is a commentary on one of the Maliki school's most famous works, al-Mudawwana, by Sahnun b. Sa'id (d. 240/854). This book is a reference that takes up the great books that preceded it as al-Wadiha of Ibn Habib and which will then be taken up by the Malikite scholars later as Ibn Rushd or al-Khalil in his Mukhtasar. In the book he discusses many questions in detail and develops opinions, relating these to teachings of other Maliki scholars.References
1000s births 1085 deaths 11th-century Arabs Tunisian Maliki scholars 11th-century Muslim scholars of Islam 11th-century scholars 11th-century people of Ifriqiya 11th-century jurists People of Zirid Ifriqiya {{Islam-bio-stub