Ibn Hazm
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Ibn Hazm was a brilliant Muslim scholar from medieval Spain (994–1064) who made important contributions across multiple fields including history, law, philosophy, and theology. His wide-ranging work and independent thinking made him one of the most influential intellectuals of the Islamic Golden Age.
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- Born
- 994
- Died
- 1064
- Works
- 109
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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.