Philosopher
Ibn Hazm
Overview
Ibn Ḥazm (Arabic: ابن حزم; 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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Philosophers who discussed Ibn Hazm
Ideas Ibn Hazm discusses
- Epicurus
- Empiricism
- History
- Fiqh
- Hebrew language
- Historian
- Philosophy
- Hadith
- Jurisprudence
- Islamic philosophy
- Lebanon
- London
- Seyyed Hossein Nasr
- Málaga
- Comparative religion
- Muhammad
- Islamic world
- Muslims
- Ibn Khaldun
- Ibn Arabi
- Mecca
- Paris
- Sense
- Vizier
Place in the tradition
Part of Contemporary Islamic philosophy.