At a glance
- Roles
- Jurist · Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- al-Andalus & Europe
- Review
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Life in time
Development of law, theology and institutions
Place in the story
- JuristTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abu al-Qasim Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalaf al-Qal'i al-Hawfi al-Ishbili, one of the greatest specialists in the science of inheritance and the drawing up of contracts in al-Andalus. 1
Death
He died in 588 AH (1192 CE), according to the encyclopaedia. 1
People and things also explored
Biting and the liability for injury it causes (add)· Justice and uprightness (adl)· Contagion (adwa)· Pardon (afw) in purity, worship, contracts and penalties· Covenant (ahd) and the duty to keep it; oath by the covenant of God· Term, deadline (ajal)· Hired worker (ajir)· Stranger, outsider (ajnabi)
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO , p.368
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-Hawfi Abu al-Qasim Ahmad ibn Muhammad”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-hawfi-abu-al-qasim-ahmad-ibn-muhammad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.