At a glance
- Roles
- Jurist · muhaddith
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Gunpowder Empires
- Region
- Maghreb
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Development of law, theology and institutionsSpirituality and Sufism
Place in the story
- JuristTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Muhammad al-Tardi ibn al-Talib Abdallah ibn Sawda al-Mari al-Fasi, a jurist from a family of learning in Fez. He was also a hadith scholar, a Sufi and a shaykh. 1
Dates
He was born in 1118 AH (around 1707 CE) and died in 1209 AH (around 1795 CE). 1
The detail of his teachers and pupils needs an additional source.
People and things also explored
al-Hifnawi Abu al-Makarim Najm al-Din Muhammad ibn Salim· Prophetic adab (proper conduct)· 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)
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO , p.376
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Muhammad al-Tardi ibn Sawda”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/muhammad-al-tardi-ibn-sawda/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.