Al-Barzali, Abu al-Qasim ibn Ahmad
البرزلي أبو القاسم بن أحمد
1339 CE · 741 AH – 1439 CE · 844 AH
The jurist and leading scholar of Tunis, author of the large legal compendium al-Diwan al-Kabir. Born in Kairouan and lived in Tunis.
At a glance
- Roles
- Jurist
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Gunpowder Empires
- Region
- Maghreb
- Review
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Life in time
Development of law, theology and institutions
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
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)· The Hanbali school (madhhab)· Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ali al-Baghdadi· Abdullah ibn Abbas· Abu al-Arab al-Tamimi, Muhammad ibn Ahmad· Abu Ali al-Muhassin al-Tanukhi
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. “Al-Barzali, Abu al-Qasim ibn Ahmad”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-barzali-abu-al-qasim/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-13.