Al-Mundhir al-Balluti

المنذر البلوطي

886 CE · 273 AH – 966 CE · 355 AH

A Cordoban judge learned in jurisprudence and hadith, named after the oak grove.

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At a glance

Roles
Jurist · Scholar
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
al-Andalus & Europe
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Life in time

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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 · Ibn al-A'rabi, Ahmad ibn Muhammad · Al-Abhari, Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Abd Allah · Ali ibn Muhammad al-Tanukhi · Abu al-Arab al-Tamimi, Muhammad ibn Ahmad

Development of law, theology and institutions

Place in the story

  • JuristTradition

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People and things also explored

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)· The Hanbali school (madhhab)· Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ali al-Baghdadi· Abdullah ibn Abbas· Abu al-Arab al-Tamimi, Muhammad ibn Ahmad· Abu Ali al-Muhassin al-Tanukhi

Sources

  • Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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The phrase "la yanbaghi" in Imam Ahmad's words

The expression "la yanbaghi" ("it is not proper") in Imam Ahmad's words: is it understood as prohibition or as dislike? His companions differed over it, an example of disagreement over the school's wording.