Ibn 'Abd al-Barr

Ibn 'Abd al-Barr was born in 978 and died in 1071 in XàtivainAl-Andalus.^[11][12] According to Ibn Khallikan, Ibn Abd al-Barr sprung from the Arabian tribe of Namr ibn Qasit.^[13]

His book on the three great Sunni jurists Malik ibn Anas, Al-Shafi'i and Abu Hanifa noticeably excluded both his former patron Dawud al-Zahiri and Ahmad ibn Hanbal.^[14] Ibn 'Abd al-Barr represented the traditionalist strand of the Maliki school.^[15] He is often referred to as the "Bukhari of the West."^[10]

A custodian of the royal libraries the Umayyad Caliphate in Cordoba patronized, he taught in the Grand Mosque of Cordoba and its attached colleges.^[16]

Some of his works include:

• The Comprehensive Compilation of the Names of the Prophet's Companions Arabic: الإستيعاب في معرفة الأصحاب, romanized: Al-Isti'ab fi ma'rifat al-ashab‎. In it, the author intended to list every person who met Muhammad even once in their life;
•   Jami' Bayan al-'Ilm wa Fadlihi.^[6]
• 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'an ("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'");

• Islamic scholars

• Full biography by Shaykh Jibrîl Al Haddâd Archived 2020-02-23 at the Wayback Machine (in English)
• Biography of Imam Ibn 'Abd Il Barr by at-tawhid.net (in French)
• The Belief of Imam Ibn Abd Al Barr (in French)