al-Burjini

البرجيني

1233 CE · 630 AH

Maliki jurist from Tunisia, among the notable Maliki jurists of his age, who studied with a pupil of al-Mazari at Mahdiya; died 630 AH.

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Roles
Jurist · Scholar
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Maghreb
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Life in time

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Abu al-Abbas al-Azafi · Abu al-Abbas al-Qurti · Abu al-Hajjaj al-Biyasi · Abu al-Mahasin al-Shawwa · Abu Ali al-Shalubin

Scripture and its sciences

Place in the story

  • JuristTradition

Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

Overview

Abu Muhammad Abd al-Salam ibn Isa al-Qurashi al-Burjini al-Tunisi, a Maliki jurist, whom the source counts among the famous Maliki jurists of his age. He kept company with a pupil of al-Mazari in al-Mahdiyya and narrated from him. He died in 630 AH (1233 CE). 1

People and things also explored

The seven ahruf· Hadith· Shama'il Muhammadiyya· The Prophetic sira· The Prophetic Sunna· Command, prohibition and capacity· The Sunna as explanation of the Qur'an· Bid'a (religious innovation)

Sources

  1. Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Burjini”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-burjini-abd-al-salam/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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The seven ahruf

The Prophet's saying 'the Qur'an was revealed in seven ahruf, so read of it what is easy' — narrated through Umar's dispute with Hisham ibn Hakim over Surat al-Furqan; its exact meaning is one of the widest debates in Qur'anic sciences.