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Ibn Hazm
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Ibn Hazm, born in Córdoba in 994, was a male philosopher, Islamic jurist, literary scholar, and poet. He adhered to the Ẓāhirī madhhab and practiced Islam. His notable works include *The Ring of the Dove* and *Al-Muhalla*. He was influenced by Ibn 'Abd al-Barr, Dawud al-Zahiri, and Al-Humaydī.
Writing in Arabic, Ibn Hazm was also known by the nicknames أبو مُحمَّد and ابن حزم الأندلُسي. He resided in Almería and died there in 1064. His literary output includes titles such as *Kitāb al-Akhlāq wa-al-siyar* and *al-Sayf al-mujallá ʻalá al-muḥallá*.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 994
- Died
- 1064
- Works
- 109
Top works
- Kitāb al-Akhlāq wa-al-siyar ,aw, Risālah fī mudāwāt al-nufūs wa-tahdhīb al-akhlāq wa-al-zuhd fī al-radhāʾil
- الاصول والفروع
- الدرة فيما يجب اعتقاده
- al-Sayf al-mujallá ʻalá al-muḥallá
- al-Muḥallá
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Effect of Endocrine Disruptor Pesticides: A Review
· 2011 · cited 845x
- A critical analysis of the impacts of COVID-19 on the global economy and ecosystems and opportunities for circular economy strategies
· 2021 · cited 668x
- Operational vs. embodied emissions in buildings—A review of current trends
· 2013 · cited 538x
- Spinodal Dewetting in Liquid Crystal and Liquid Metal Films
· 1998 · cited 526x
- Nutritional Composition and Bioactive Compounds in Tomatoes and Their Impact on Human Health and Disease: A Review
· 2020 · cited 411x
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Quotes
- “What fixes and preserves a nation’s language, as well as its sciences and its history, is simply the strength of its political power, accompanied by the happy welfare and leisure of its inhabitants.”
- “Compare yourself, for wealth, status and health to those lower than you. For faith, science, and virtue, compare yourself to those who are higher than you.”
- “Sciences are like powerful drugs, which suit the strong and exhaust the weak. Likewise, complex sciences enrich a vigorous mind, and keep it off evil, but exhaust the mediocre mind.”
- “I have come across most people- with the exception of those that God most High has protected-they rush into misery, worry, the exhaustion of this world, and amassing terrible sins, that will earn them hell-fire, gaining nothing in pursuing their evil deeds… And they know that their evil intentions will neither fulfill their wishes, nor bring any gains; and that with purer intentions they will obtain great rest for their souls.”
- “Whoever harms his kinship and his neighbors is worse than them. Whosoever returns ill that he receives from them is like them. Whosoever does not return ill done to him is the master, the best and most virtuous amongst all.”
- “Whosoever rises above things of this world, in front of which you kneel is much stronger than you.”
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Encyclopedic overview
Ibn Hazm (Arabic: ابن حزم, romanized: Ibn Ḥazm; November 994 – 15 August 1064) was an Andalusi Muslim polymath, historian, traditionist, jurist, philosopher, and theologian, born in the Córdoban Caliphate, present-day Spain. Described as one of the strictest hadith interpreters, Ibn Hazm was a leading proponent and codifier of the Zahiri school of Islamic jurisprudence, and produced a reported 400 works, of which 40 still survive.
In all, his written works amounted to some 80,000 pages. Also described as one of the fathers of comparative religion, the Encyclopaedia of Islam refers to him as having been one of the leading thinkers of the Muslim world.
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