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Ibn Juzayy was a scholar and writer of poetry , history , and law . In the 1350s he completed a summary of the travels of Ibn Battuta , as originally dictated by the latter. v t e1
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Abū ʿAbdallāh Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Ahmad Ibn Juzayy al-Kalbi (1321 - 1357) (in Arabic, محمد بن محمد بن أحمد بن عبد الله بن يحيى بن يوسف بن عبد الرحمن بن جزي الكلبي الغرناطي ) was a scholar , writer of poetry , history , and law from Al-Andalus .He is also known as the writer who dictated the travels of Ibn Battuta .He was the son of Abú-l-Qásim Muhammad Ibn Juzayy (the panegyrist of Abú-l-Hayyáy Yúsuf of Granada) who died in the battle of Salado in 1340.It is clear that Ibn Juzayy outright copied some long passages (like the description of Medina ) from the Rihla of Ibn Jubayr . and used information from books from his own library.He wrote many religious works such as his Qawanin al-Fiqhiyyah or "The Laws of Jurisprudence" a comparative manual of the jurisprudence of the five Sunni madhhabs (Maliki, Hanafi, Shafi`i, Hanbali, Dhahiri) with emphasis on the Maliki school.He is also famous for his tafsir of the Qur'an, his book on legal theory "Aqrab al-Wusool `ala `Ilm al-Usool" or "The Nearest of Paths to the Knowledge of the Fundamentals of Islamic Jurisprudence," as well as his treatise on Sufism based on the Qur'an, "The Refinement of the Hearts." One of his teachers was Ibn Rushd al-Saghir, the grandfather of Averroes and author of Bidiyat al-Mujtahid .He died in Fez in 1357 two years after the completion of the Rihla of Ibn Batuta .
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Abū ʿAbdallāh Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Ahmad Ibn Juzayy al-Kalbi (1321–1357) (in Arabic, محمد بن محمد بن أحمد بن عبد الله بن يحيى بن يوسف بن عبد الرحمن بن جزي الكلبي الغرناطي ) was a scholar, writer of poetry, history, and law from Al-Andalus . He is mainly known as the writer to whom Ibn Battuta dictated an account of his travels. Ibn Juzayy was the son of Abú-l-Qásim Muhammad Ibn Juzayy (the panegyrist of Abú-l-Hayyáy Yúsuf of Granada) who died in the Battle of Rio Salado in 1340. It is clear that he copied passages from previous works such as the description of Medina from the Rihla of Ibn Jubayr and the description of Palestine by Mohammed al-Abdari al-Hihi .His father, Imām Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Juzayy al-Kalbī al-Gharnāṭī al-Mālikī (693/1294 – 741/1340), wrote many religious works such as his al-Qawanin al-Fiqhiyyah or "The Laws of Jurisprudence" a comparative manual of the jurisprudence of the four Sunni madhhabs (Maliki, Hanafi, Shafi`i, Hanbali) with emphasis on the Maliki school and notices of the views of the Ẓāhirī school and others.His father is also noted for his tafsir of the Qur'an, his book on legal theory Taqrīb al-Wuṣūl ‘ilā ‘Ilm al-Uṣūl or The Nearest of Paths to the Knowledge of the Fundamentals of Islamic Jurisprudence , which he wrote for his son, as well as his treatise on Sufism based on the Qur'an, The Refinement of the Hearts .It is a mistake to say that one of Abū al-Qāsim ibn Juzayy's teachers was Ibn Rushd al-Ḥafīd (the grandson) Averroes (1126 – 1198), the author of Bidāyat al-Mujtahid and grandson of Abu Al-Walid Muhammad bin Rushd al-Jadd (the grandfather) (d. 1126), the noted Maliki Qadi. He died in Fez in 1357 two years after the completion of the Rihla of Ibn Battuta .
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Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Juzayy al-Kalbi al-Gharnati (in Arabic, محمد ابن احمد ابن جزي الكلبي الغرناطي ) was an Arab scholar, writer of poetry, history, and law from Al-Andalus . He is mainly known as the writer to whom Ibn Battuta dictated an account of his travels. Ibn Juzayy was the son of Abú-l-Qásim Muhammad Ibn Juzayy (the panegyrist of Yusuf I of Granada ) who died in the Battle of Rio Salado in 1340. Ibn Juzayy wrote "The Travels of Ibn Battuta" ( Riḥlat Ibn Baṭūṭah ) in 1352-55. It is clear that he copied passages from previous works such as the description of Medina from the Rihla of Ibn Jubayr and the description of Palestine by Mohammed al-Abdari al-Hihi .
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Andalusian Muslim scholar and poet (c.1294–1340) Muhammad bin Ahmed bin Juzayy Al Gharnati ( ) was an Andalusian Maliki - Ash'ari scholar and poet of Arab origin."Al-'Alam by al-Zirikli" . shamela.ws (in Arabic) .
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Andalusian Muslim scholar and poet (c.1294–1340) Muhammad bin Ahmed bin Juzayy Al Gharnati ( Arabic : أبو القاسم، محمد بن أحمد بن محمد بن عبد الله، ابن جزي الكلبي الغرناطي ), better known as Ibn Juzayy ( Arabic : ابن جُزَيّ ) was an Andalusian Sunni Muslim scholar of Arab origin.He was a distinguished Maliki jurist , legal theoretician , Quran commentator , Quran reciter , hadith scholar , historian , scholar in Arabic , poet , preacher , orator , and a literary figure .He achieved notoriety at a young age, known as a major scholar of his day.He is famed for authoring classical works and for achieving martyrdom during his jihad against the Spanish Christian crusade .Classes of Ash'aris, notables of the people of the Sunnah and the community .As-Sunnah Foundation of America .Shaykh al-Islam Ahmad ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani (d. 852/1449; Rahimahullah ), the mentor of Hadith scholars and author of the book " Fath al-Bari bi-Sharh Sahih al-Bukhari ", which not a single Islamic scholar can dispense with, was Ash'ari.The shaykh of the scholars of Sunni Islam, Imam al-Nawawi (d. 676/1277; Rahimahullah), author of " Sharh Sahih Muslim " and many other famous works, was Ash'ari.The master of Qur'anic exegetes, Imam al-Qurtubi (d. 671/1273; Rahimahullah), author of " al-Jami' li-Ahkam al-Qur'an ", was Ash'ari.Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Hajar al-Haytami (d. 974/1567; Rahimahullah), who wrote "al-Zawajir 'an Iqtiraf al-Kaba'ir", was Ash'ari.The Shaykh of Sacred Law and Hadith, the conclusive definitive Zakariyya al-Ansari (d. 926/1520; Rahimahullah), was Ash'ari.Imam Abu Bakr al-Baqillani (d. 403/1013; Rahimahullah), Imam al-'Asqalani; Imam al-Nasafi (d. 710/1310; Rahimahullah); Imam al-Shirbini (d. 977/1570; Rahimahullah); Abu Hayyan al-Gharnati , author of the Qur'anic commentary "al-Bahr al-Muhit"; Imam Ibn Juzayy (d. 741/1340; Rahimahullah); author of "al-Tashil fi 'Ulum al-Tanzil"; and others – all of these were Imams of the Ash'aris. "Al-'Alam by al-Zirikli" . shamela.ws (in Arabic) .
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