Abu ʾl-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Khalaf al-Ḳābiṣī, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetAbu ʾl-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Khalaf al-Ḳābiṣī
Date of Birth: 30-May-0936
Place of Birth: Kairouan, Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia
Date of Death: 21-Oct-1012
Profession: scientist
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Abu ʾl-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Khalaf al-Ḳābiṣī
- Abu ?l-?asan ?Ali ibn Mu?ammad ibn Khalaf al-Ma?afiri al-?abi?i (935–1012) was a leading scholar (u?uli) of the Maliki school of Islamic jurisprudence (fi?h).
- In 996, he succeeded his first cousin Ibn Abi Zayd as leader (shaykh) of the school in ?ayrawan (Kairouan).
- He was blind.Al-?abi?i's father was born in the village of al-Ma?afiriyyin near ?abis (Gabès) and his mother was from ?ayrawan.
- According to oral tradition, he was the first cousin of Ibn Abi Zayd and Mu?riz ibn Khalaf, the sons of his mother's sisters.In Africa al-?abi?i was taught by Abu ?l-?Abbas al-Ibyani, a Shafi?i scholar from Tunis; Darras al-Fasi, an Ash?ari; and Ibn Masrur al-Dabbagh.
- Accompanied by Darras al-Fasi and the Andalusian al-A?ili, he went on a lengthy ri?la (journey) in the east from 963 until 968.
- During his journey, because he was blind, his companions acted as his secretaries.Before he took up jurisprudence, al-?abi?i taught ?ira?at (recitation of the ?ur?an).
- As a jurist he was a traditionist with Ash?ari leanings and partial to the writings of Ibn al-Mawwaz.
- He had deep knowledge of the ?adiths.
- He helped spread the ?a?i? of al-Bukhari, a collection of ?adiths, in northern Africa and wrote for it a riwaya, an account of its transmission.
- His other works include a collection of ?adiths of the Muwa??a?, popular in al-Andalus; a treatise on the conduct of schoolmasters, inspired by the writings of Sa?nun; an incomplete collection of traditions of fi?h; and numerous letters on everything from ?ur?anic exegesis, the architecture of riba?s, the rituals of the ?ajj, the theology of al-Ash?ari and refuting the Bakrites (i.e., the Kharijites).Al-?abi?i's authority and reputation rose after the death of Ibn Abi Zayd (996) and Ibn Shiblun (999) and he became the leading jurisconsult in northern Africa and al-Andalus.
- At the time of his death he was still teaching eighty students.
- His successors, who carried on his work, were Abu Bakr ibn ?Abd al-Ra?man and Abu Imran al-Fasi.
- The culmination of the work of these Maliki scholars of ?ayrawan was the triumph of the Maliki school in Africa west of Egypt and the breach between the Maliki Zirids and the Shi?a Fa?imids.
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