At a glance
- Roles
- Jurist · Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- al-Andalus & Europe
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Development of law, theology and institutions
Place in the story
- JuristTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Mundhir ibn Sa'id ibn Abdallah ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Qasim al-Nafzi al-Qurtubi al-Balluti, chief judge of the community in Córdoba in the Nasirid state. The Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa al-Udaba' says that he was born in 273 AH (886 CE) and died in 355 AH (966 CE). 2
His sermon
Al-Maqqari relates that al-Nasir was devoted to building until he built the city of Madinat al-Zahra', and he missed attending the Friday prayer in the Great Mosque for three Fridays. Mundhir opened his sermon with a verse denouncing construction, and went on in admonition until those present wept and the caliph wept. 1
Al-Maqqari says that al-Nasir was angry with Mundhir and swore that he would not pray the Friday prayer behind him, but he refused to dismiss him when his son al-Hakam asked him, saying that he was ashamed before God to lose an intercessor like him in his piety and sincerity. 1
Note: the museum holds another entry for this person, Mundhir ibn Sa'id al-Balluti, and the two need to be reviewed for merging.
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)
Sources
- Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari , p. 606-607
- 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-Mundhir al-Balluti”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/munzir-al-balluti/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.