Al-Mawardi
al-Mawardi | |
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| Abbasid Chief Judge | |
| In office 1000s–1058 | |
| Abbasid official and Diplomat | |
| In office 1031, 1037, 1042, 1043 | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | Ali c. 972 |
| Died | 27 May 1058 (30 Rabi'a 450 AH) |
| Children | Hasan |
| Parent | Muhammad ibn Habib |
| Era | Islamic Golden Age (Later Abbasid era) |
| Region | Iraq |
| Main interest(s) | Aqidah (Islamic theology), Tawhid, Islamic Jurisprudence, Principles of Islamic jurisprudence, Sharia, Hadith, Tafsir, Sociology, Political Science |
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| Known for | Works on Religion, Government, the Caliphate, and Public and constitutional law during a time of political turmoil. |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Shafi'i |
| Creed | Ash'ari |
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Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Habib (Arabic: علي إبن محمد إبن حبيب, romanized: ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥabīb; c. 974–1058), commonly known by the nisba al-Mawardi (Arabic: الماوردي, romanized: al-Māwardī), was a Sunni polymath and a Shafi'i jurist, legal theoretician, muhaddith, theologian, sociologist and an expert in political science. He is considered to be an eminent scholar of his time who wrote on numerous subjects, including Qur'anic interpretations, religion, government, public and constitutional law, language, ethics and belles-lettres.