At a glance
- Roles
- Jurist · theologian
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Development of law, theology and institutions
Place in the story
- JuristTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Ali al-Tabarstani al-Harrasi, from Tabaristan. He was among the leading Shafi'is in jurisprudence, the principles of law and disputation, and was known for memorising the texts of the hadiths of legal rulings. 1
The museum's data give his birth as about 450 AH (1058 CE) and his death as about 504 AH (1110 CE). Both are given as reported dates and need an additional source. 1
People and things also explored
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)· Hired worker (ajir)· Stranger, outsider (ajnabi)
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. “Ilkiya al-Harrasi, Ali ibn Muhammad”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-kiya-al-harrasi-ali-ibn-muhammad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.