al-Tanukhi al-Mufaddal ibn Muhammad

التنوخي المفضل بن محمد

1000 CE · 390 AH – 1050 CE · 442 AH

Of Ma'arrat al-Nu'man in Syria; came to Baghdad in 390 AH, studied law there, and died 442 AH (1050 CE).

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At a glance

Roles
Scholar
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
Levant & Iraq
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Life in time

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks Contemporaries: أبو العلاء المعري · al-Bayhaqi Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn al-Husayn · Al-Biruni, Muhammad ibn Ahmad · al-Khalili Abu Ya'la al-Khalil ibn Abd Allah · al-Tanukhi al-Qadi Abu al-Qasim Ali ibn al-Muhsin

Development of law, theology and institutions

Place in the story

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Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

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موجز

أبو المحاسن المفضل بن محمد بن مشعر التنوخي المعري، من أهل المعرة في الشام. قدم بغداد سنة 390هـ وأخذ الفقه عن أبي الحسين، وتوفي سنة 442هـ (1050م) 1.

تذكر البيانات أيضاً ولادته سنة 390هـ، وهي سنة قدومه بغداد نفسها؛ يحتاج التاريخ إلى مصدر إضافي.

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
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Tanukhi al-Mufaddal ibn Muhammad”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-tanukhi-al-mufaddal-ibn-muhammad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-16.

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العواصم

al-Awasim — al-Rashid's self-governing frontier district 'that shields the borders', from Antioch to the Euphrates, charged with supplying the thughur; matched by the Byzantines' own Taurus defence line.