Ibn Farḥūn al-Mālikīfull name; Ibrāhīm b. ‘Alī b. M. Ibn Farḥūn, Burhān al-Dīn al-Ya’marī al-Andalusī al-Mālikī () (ca.1358 - 1397) was an Arab Mālikī ''

faqīh A ''faqīh'' (: ''fuqahāʾ'', ; : ‏‎) is an Islamic jurist, an expert in ''fiqh'', or Islamic jurisprudence and Islamic law. Definition Islamic jurisprudence or ''fiqh'' is the human understanding of Sharia, which is believed ...

'' (jurist) of

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. born into a prominent Arab family that traced its descent to

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. He traveled to

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(

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) and

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. In 1390 he returned to Medina, where he professed adherence to Maliki Islam and became '' qāḍa'' (judge). His principal biographer, Aḥmad Bābā attributes eight books to him. Only two MSS have been published, while three are lost.

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*''Al-dībāj al-mudhhab fī ma‘rifat a‘yān ‘ulamā’ al-madhhab''; popularly known as ''Al-Dībāj'', a

biographical dictionary A biographical dictionary is a type of encyclopedic dictionary limited to biographical information. Many attempt to cover the major personalities of a country (with limitations, such as living persons only, in ''Who's Who'', or deceased people o ...

of Mālikī ‘ulamā’ (scholars) and comprehensive history of Malikite thought and scholarship of the school in

Al-Andalus Al-Andalus () was the Muslim-ruled area of the Iberian Peninsula. The name refers to the different Muslim states that controlled these territories at various times between 711 and 1492. At its greatest geographical extent, it occupied most o ...

and the

Maghreb The Maghreb (; ), also known as the Arab Maghreb () and Northwest Africa, is the western part of the Arab world. The region comprises western and central North Africa, including Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, and Tunisia. The Maghreb al ...

, its rites, biography of its founder Mālik ibn Anas and bibliography. Supplements and abridgements include ''Nayl al-ibtihāj'' the edition with Aḥmad Bābā (Cairo, 1351/1932). *''Tabṣirat al-ḥukkām fī uṣūl al-aqḍiya wa-manāhij al-aḥkām''; manual of legal procedures, rules of evidence, etc. *''Durrat al-ghawwāṣ fī muḥāḍarat al-khawāṣṣ'' (, 'the pearl-diver's prize on the discourse of elites'); treatise on legal riddles. *''Kashf al-niqāb al-ḥājib 'an muṣṭalaḥ Ibn al-Ḥājib'' (); *''Irshād al-sālik ilá afʻāl al-manāsik'' ();

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''Kutub al-Khisal wa-l'Alghaz wa-l-Mustalahat''_almarkaz.ma (in Arabic)

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1350s births 1397 deaths 14th-century biographers 14th-century jurists 14th-century writers Arab biographers Maliki fiqh scholars Encyclopedists of the medieval Islamic world People from Medina 14th-century Arabic-language writers 14th-century historians of the medieval Islamic world {{Islamic-scholar-stub

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