At a glance
- Roles
- Jurist · Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Maghreb
- Review
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Life in time
Development of law, theology and institutionsScripture and its sciences
Place in the story
- JuristTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Muhammad ibn Khalfa ibn Umar al-Washtati al-Abbi al-Maliki, a Maliki scholar of usul from the scholars of the Maghrib. He was known for the rational sciences, for memorisation and for precise scholarship, and he was attributed to the village of Abba in Tunisia. 1
Dates
He was born around 1344 CE (around 745–747 AH; the source gives a range rather than one year), and died in 828 AH (1424 CE). 1
People and things also explored
Abdullah ibn Abbas· Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi· Habib Ali al-Jifri· Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali· Malik ibn Anas· Umar bin Hafiz· Uthman ibn Affan· Zayd ibn Thabit
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO , p.222-224
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Al-Abbi, Muhammad ibn Khalfa”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-abbi-muhammad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.