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Khallaf Abd al-Wahhab ibn Abd al-Wahid

خلاف عبد الوهاب بن عبد الواحد

1888 CE · 1305 AH – 1956 CE · 1375 AH

Jurist of legal theory, preacher and legal scholar, born in Kafr al-Zayyat in Gharbiyya in 1305 AH (1888 CE) and died 1375 AH (1956 CE).

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Roles
Jurist · Scholar
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Modern Era
Region
Egypt & Nile
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  • JuristTradition

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

Overview

Abd al-Wahhab ibn Abd al-Wahid Khallaf, a jurist of the principles of law, preacher and legal scholar. He was born in Kafr al-Zayyat in the governorate of Gharbiyya in 1305 AH (1888 CE), and died in 1375 AH (1956 CE). 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)

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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.