At a glance
- Roles
- Jurist · writer
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Development of law, theology and institutionsLiterature
Place in the story
- JuristTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
The judge Abu Ali al-Muhassin ibn Abi al-Qasim Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Abi al-Fahm al-Tanukhi, a judge and man of letters of the Tanukh. He wrote on the reports of the judges and of those who did good. 1
The same encyclopaedia gives his birth as 327 AH and death as 384 AH; both dates need an additional source.
People and things also explored
Al-Adfawi, Ja'far ibn Tha'laba· Al-Akhdari, Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad· Biting and the liability for injury it causes (add)· Justice and uprightness (adl)· Contagion (adwa)· Pardon (afw) in purity, worship, contracts and penalties· Covenant (ahd) and the duty to keep it; oath by the covenant of God· Term, deadline (ajal)
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Abu Ali al-Muhassin al-Tanukhi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abu-ali-al-muhassin-al-tanukhi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.