At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- 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
Abu al-Fadl Sharaf al-Din Ahmad ibn Musa ibn Yunus al-Irbili al-Mawsili al-Shafi'i, a Shafi'i jurist from Mosul. He developed his knowledge of the religious sciences in the time of the Zangids. 1
Dates of life
The encyclopaedia gives his birth as 575 AH (1179 CE) and his death as 622 AH (1225 CE). The two dates come from one source, so they need a second source. 1
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
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-Irbili, Abu al-Fadl”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/irbili-ahmad-ibn-musa/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.