Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Jurist
- Counted among
- Sunni (Maliki)
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- al-Andalus & Europe
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Summary
Khalaf ibn Sulayman ibn Khalaf ibn Muhammad ibn Fathun, Abu al-Qasim, of Orihuela in al-Andalus, a Maliki jurist, writer and poet who was judge of Shatiba and then Denia. 1 He related from his father, Abu al-Walid al-Baji and Tahir ibn Mawfaz, and was related from by his son Muhammad and Ziyad ibn Muhammad. 1 His book on contracts was the first of its kind.
Sources
- al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.15810
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islam.museum contributors. “Ibn Fathun (Khalaf ibn Sulayman)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/khalaf-ibn-sulayman-ibn-fathun/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.