ابن حوط الله الأنصاري
ابن حوط الله الأنصاري
c. 10 July 1215 CE · c. 2 Rabi' I 612 AH
Ibn Hawtallah al-Ansari al-Harithi — jurist, usuli, secretary, poet and preacher, qadi in turn of Seville, Cordoba, Murcia, Ceuta, Sale and Majorca, 'one of the scholars who worked'; he heard hadith with a sama' none in the West shared and read some sixty works, most under Ibn Hubaysh, Ibn al-Fakhkhar and al-Suhayli; born Muharram 541, died at Granada Thursday 2 Rabi I 612 and was carried in his coffin to burial in Malaga 1.
At a glance
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- al-Andalus & Europe
- Review
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Life in time
Overview
Abu Muhammad Abdallah ibn Sulayman ibn Dawud ibn Umar ibn Hawtallah al-Ansari al-Harithi, a jurist of the principles of law, secretary, man of letters and poet. He was born in Muharram 541 AH and died in Granada on 2 Rabi' al-Awwal 612 AH. 2
His learning and judgeship
His teachers
He heard hadith by oral transmission in a way that no one else in the West shared, and read more than sixty works, most of them with Ibn Habish, Ibn al-Fakhkhar and al-Suhayli. He was among the pupils of Ibn Habish. 2
His body was carried to Málaga, where he was buried. 2
The date of death in the Gregorian calendar is derived from the Hijri date.
Connections
- Studied under
- ابن حبيش الحافظ
People and things also explored
Sources
- Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari, p. 338
- Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari, p.338
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