Ali ibn Muhammad al-Tanukhi

علي بن محمد التنوخي

891 CE · 278 AH – 953 CE · 342 AH

From the Tanukh tribe and father of Abu Ali al-Muhassin al-Tanukhi. His father's name was Dawud ibn Ibrahim ibn Tamim.

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Roles
Jurist · writer
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
Levant & Iraq
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The Early Abbasid Caliphate · Abbasid Fragmentation · The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era Contemporaries: Al-Isma'ili, Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Ibrahim · Al-Mundhir al-Balluti · Ibn al-A'rabi, Ahmad ibn Muhammad · Abu al-Arab al-Tamimi, Muhammad ibn Ahmad · Al-Abhari, Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Abd Allah

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Place in the story

  • JuristTradition

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Abu Ali al-Muhassin al-Tanukhi· Al-Adfawi, Ja'far ibn Tha'laba· Al-Akhdari, Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad· 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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Abu Ali al-Muhassin al-Tanukhi

A judge and man of letters from the Tanukh tribe, who compiled reports on judges and on those who did good.