Abu Ali al-Muhassin al-Tanukhi
أبو علي المحسن التنوخي
938 CE · 327 AH – 994 CE · 384 AH
A judge and man of letters from the Tanukh tribe, who compiled reports on judges and on those who did good.
At a glance
- Roles
- Jurist · writer
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Life in time
Development of law, theology and institutionsLiterature
Place in the story
- JuristTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
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People and things also explored
Al-Adfawi, Ja'far ibn Tha'laba· Al-Akhdari, Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad· Ali ibn Muhammad al-Tanukhi· The phrase "la yanbaghi" in Imam Ahmad's words· The reports from Imam Ahmad· Obedience to those in authority and not rebelling (in the Tahawi creed)· Ka'b ibn Zuhayr's pardon and recitation of Banat Su'ad· Khuza'a's appeal to Medina
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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islam.museum contributors. “Abu Ali al-Muhassin al-Tanukhi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abu-ali-al-muhassin-al-tanukhi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-13.