At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar · Jurist
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Gunpowder Empires
- Region
- Maghreb
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Place in the story
- JuristTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Burtuqiz, whose name is Yusuf ibn Muhammad ibn Sulayman ibn Abd Allah, kunya Abu al-Mahasin, and nisba al-Zughwani, a Hanafi jurist from Zaghwan in Tunisia. The encyclopaedia says he was learned in the principles of jurisprudence, cared for the restrictions of writing, and composed verse. 1
Life
According to the encyclopaedia he was born around 1092 AH (1681 CE) and died in 1148 AH (1735 CE). 1
Notes
- The page gives no details of his teachers, pupils and works, which need an additional source.
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
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO , p.289
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Burtuqiz”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/burtuqiz-yusuf-ibn-muhammad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.