Yusuf ibn Abd-al-Barr

Yusuf ibn Abd-Allah, known as Ibn Abd-al-Barr ( _ar. ابن عبدالبر) [http://media.isnet.org/antar/jsi/01.html Jesus' Sayings and Stories in Islamic Literature ] ] [http://www.masnet.org/history.asp?id=539 Muslim American Society ] ] (b. 978 and d. 1071 in Shatiba in Al-Andalus) [ [http://www.geocities.com/~abdulwahid/abuhanifah/al-imam.html Al-Imam Al-Azam Abu Hanifa ] ] [ [http://www.hizmetbooks.org/AdobeBooks/TheSunniPath.pdf TheSunnipath.PDF ] ] was a famous Sunni Maliki Islamic Scholar. His full name was Yusuf ibn Abdallah ibn Mohammed ibn Abd al-Barr, Abu Umar al-Namari al-Andalusi al-Qurtubi al-Maliki.

Works

Some of his work include:
*The Comprehensive Compilation of the Names of the Prophet's Companions Arabic: الاستعياب في معرفة الاصحاب
* Jami' Bayan al-'Ilm wa Fadlihi
* Al-Ajwiba al-Mû`iba ("The Comprehensive Answers");
* Al-`Aql wal-`Uqalâ' ("Reason and the People of Wisdom");
* Ash`âr Abî al-`Atâhiya ("The Poems of Abû al-`Atahiya [12] ");
* Al-Bayân fî Tilâwat al-Qur'ân ("The Exposition Concerning the Recitation of the Qur'ân");
* Al-Farâ'id ("The Laws of Inheritance");
* Al-Iktifâ' fî Qirâ'at Nâfi`in wa Abî `Amrin ("The Contentment in Nâfi` and Abû `Amr's Reading");
* Al-Inbâh `an Qabâ'il al-Ruwâh ("Drawing Attention to the Nomenclature of the Narrators' Tribes");
* Al-Insâf fî Asmâ' Allâh ("The Book of Fidelity: On the Names of Allâh");
* Al-Intiqâ' fî Fadâ'il al-Thalâthat al-A'immat al-Fuqahâ' Mâlik wal-Shâfi`î wa Abî Hanîfa ("The Hand-Picked Excellent Merits of the Three Great Jurisprudent Imâms: Mâlik, Shâfi`î, and Abû Hanîfa"). Shaykh `Abd al-Fattâh Abû Ghudda said the order in the title reflects the precedence of Madîna over Makka and that of Makka over al-Kûfa.
* Al-Istidhkâr li Madhhab `Ulamâ' al-Amsâr fîmâ Tadammanahu al-Muwatta' min Ma`ânî al-Ra'î wal-Athâr ("The Memorization of the Doctrine of the Scholars of the World Concerning the Juridical Opinions and the Narrations Found in Mâlik's Muwatta'");
* Jâmi` Bayân al-`Ilmi wa-Fadlihi wamâ Yanbaghî fî Riwâyatihi wa Hamlih ("Compendium Exposing the Nature of Knowledge and Its Immense Merit, and What is Required in the Process of Narrating it and Conveying it");
* Al-Kâfî fî Madhhab Mâlik ("The Sufficiency in Mâlik's School of Jurisprudence");
* Al-Kunâ ("The Patronyms");
* Al-Maghâzî ("The Battles");
* Al-Qasd wal-Umam fî Nasab al-`Arab wal-`Ajam ("The Endeavors and the Nations: Genealogies of the Arabs and Non-Arabs");
* Al-Shawâhid fî Ithbât Khabar al-Wâhid ("The Supporting Evidence for Maintaining Lone-Narrator Reports [as a source for legal rulings] ");
* Al-Tamhîd limâ fîl-Muwatta' min al-Ma`ânî wal-Asânîd ("The Facilitation to the Meanings and Chains of Transmission Found in Mâlik's Muwatta'");
* Al-Taqassî fî Ikhtisâr al-Muwatta' ("The Detailed Study in the Abridgment of the Muwatta'");

ee also

*Islamic scholars

External links

* [http://www.sunnah.org/history/Scholars/ibn_abd_al_barr.htm Full biography]

References