al-Hawfi Abu al-Qasim Ahmad ibn Muhammad

الحوفي أبو القاسم أحمد بن محمد

1192 CE · 588 AH

One of the leading specialists in inheritance law and contract formulas in al-Andalus; died 588 AH (1192 CE).

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At a glance

Roles
Jurist · Scholar
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
al-Andalus & Europe
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Life in time

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: أبو المحاسن الشواء · Ali ibn Isma'il al-Abyari · Ahmad ibn Yusuf al-Tifashi · Al-Baydawi, Abd Allah ibn Umar · al-Jaghmini Mahmud ibn Muhammad

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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موجز

أبو القاسم أحمد بن محمد بن خلف القلعي الحوفي الإشبيلي، من أكبر المختصين في علم الفرائض وعقد الشروط بالأندلس. 1

وفاته

توفي سنة 588هـ (1192م) بحسب الموسوعة. 1

People and things also explored

العواصم· The phrase "la yanbaghi" in Imam Ahmad's words· المظالم· نكاح المتعة· The reports from Imam Ahmad· Obedience to those in authority and not rebelling (in the Tahawi creed)· The Hanafi school (madhhab)· The Hanbali school (madhhab)

Sources

  1. Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO, p.368
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Hawfi Abu al-Qasim Ahmad ibn Muhammad”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-hawfi-abu-al-qasim-ahmad-ibn-muhammad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-16.

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العواصم

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