al-Irbili, Abu al-Fadl
الإربلي أبو الفضل
1179 CE · 575 AH – 1225 CE · 622 AH
Shafi'i jurist of Mosul who studied the religious sciences in the Zengid period.
At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Place in the story
- JuristTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abu al-Fadl Sharaf al-Din Ahmad ibn Musa ibn Yunus al-Irbili al-Mawsili al-Shafi'i, a Shafi'i jurist from Mosul. He developed his knowledge of the religious sciences in the time of the Zangids. 1
Dates of life
The encyclopaedia gives his birth as 575 AH (1179 CE) and his death as 622 AH (1225 CE). The two dates come from one source, so they need a second source. 1
People and things also explored
The abjad letters named for Madyan's kings· The seven ahruf· Hadith· Shama'il Muhammadiyya· The Prophetic sira· Command, prohibition and capacity· Bid'a (religious innovation)· Sacred hadith (hadith qudsi)
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-Irbili, Abu al-Fadl”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/irbili-ahmad-ibn-musa/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.