At a glance
- Roles
- Jurist · Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Maghreb
- 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
Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Husayni al-Sharif al-Tilimsani al-Alawi, a Maliki jurist. The source describes him as an imam of the Maghrib and a scholar of the Maliki school. He was born in Tlemcen in 710 AH (1310 CE) and grew up there, and died in 771 AH (1370 CE). 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 , p.568
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-Tilimsani al-Sharif Muhammad ibn Ahmad”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-tilimsani-al-sharif-muhammad-ibn-ahmad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.