Ibn Hazm

Imam
Ibn Hazm
Imam Ibn Hazm
ٱبْن حَزْم
	A monument of Ibn Hazm standing in Córdoba, Spain
Title	Imam; Allamah; Hafiz; Muhaddith; Faqih; Mujtahid; Ocean of Knowledge; Possessor of Sciences and Knowledge;
Personal life
Born	7 November 994 CE (384 AH); Córdoba, Córdoban Caliphate
Died	15 August 1064 CE (456 AH); Montíjar, near Huelva, Taifa of Seville
Era	Islamic Golden Age
Region	Al-Andalus
Main interest(s)	Jurisprudence; hadith; philosophy;
Notable work(s)	Al-Fisal fi al-Milal wa-l-Nihal; al-Muhalla; al-Ihkam fi Usul al-Ahkam; Tawq al-Hamama;
Occupation	Polymath; scholar; traditionist; philosopher; theologian;
Religious life
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Zahiri
Creed	Independent
Muslim leader
	Influenced by Dawud al-Zahiri; Muhammad ibn Dawud al-Zahiri; Ibn al-Mughallis; Ibn Kullab; Epicurus; Prodicus; ;
	Influenced Followers of the Zahiri school; Ibn Khaldun; Ibn Taymiyya; al-Shawkani; Rashid Rida; al-Albani; Muhammad Asad; Muqbil ibn Hadi al-Wadi'i; ;
	Arabic name
Personal; (Ism)	ʿAlī; عَلِيّ
Patronymic; (Nasab)	Ibn Aḥmad ibn Saʿīd ibn Ḥazm; ٱبْن أَحْمَد بْن سَعِيد بْن حَزْم
Teknonymic; (Kunya)	Abū Muḥammad; أَبُو مُحَمَّد
Toponymic; (Nisba)	Al-Andalusī; ٱلْأَنْدَلُسِيّ

Ibn Hazm (Arabic: ابن حزم, romanized: Ibn Ḥazm; November 994 – 15 August 1064) was an Andalusian 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 only 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.