أبو الوليد ابن الصفار قاضي قرطبة

أبو الوليد ابن الصفار قاضي قرطبة

c. 1038 CE · Rajab 429 AH

Abu al-Walid Yunus b. Abdallah b. Mughith, 'Ibn al-Saffar' — qadi of Cordoba who joined the judgeship to the pulpit and the vizierate, master of fiqh, Arabic and poetry, with works on asceticism; died in Rajab 429 aged seventy-one 1.

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Roles
Scholar · Jurist
Era
The Early Abbasid Caliphate
Region
al-Andalus & Europe
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Summary

Abu'l-Walid Yunus b. 'Abdallah b. Muhammad b. Mughith, known as Ibn al-Saffar, qadi al-jama'a of Cordoba; he studied fiqh under Abu Bakr Ibn Darb and held the judgeship with the preaching and the vizierate, attaining headship in religion and world — a righteous, just jurist, authoritative signpost in lugha, Arabic and poetry, eloquent and articulate, rich in merits, with works on asceticism and more; he died in Rajab aged seventy-one. 1

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 244
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