Ibn al-Himsi, Ahmad ibn Muhammad

ابن الحمصي أحمد بن محمد

1437 CE · 841 AH – 1527 CE · 934 AH

Of Homs origin, born and died there, with a share in the learning of his age.

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At a glance

Roles
Scholar
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Gunpowder Empires
Region
Levant & Iraq
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Development of law, theology and institutions

Place in the story

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

Overview

Shihab al-Din Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Umar, known as Ibn al-Himsi. He was of Homs origin, and was born there in 841 AH (1437 CE) and died there in 934 AH (1527 CE). The encyclopaedia says he took part in the sciences of his age. 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

  1. Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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Biting and the liability for injury it causes (add)

In the lexicon, add is gripping a thing with the teeth and holding it. If a person bites another without right and a wound results, the biter must pay the damages for the wound, assessed as a just award by experts. If one man bites another's hand and the bitten man pulls it free so that the biter's front teeth fall out, most jurists hold that there is no liability, relying on a prophetic judgement in such a case; the Shafi'is limit this to a bitten man who chose the easiest means of release, and the preferred Maliki view requires compensation.