al-Muzanī

Isma'il ibn Yahya al-Muzanī (born 791 or 792; died 878 ) was an Islamic law scholar born and living in Egypt . He was a student of Imam al-Shafidi (767-820) during his stay in Egypt. His role as an independent thinker was highlighted.

Live and act

Al-Muzanī was an important sponsor of al-Shāfidī's school of law and wrote a Muchtasar ( al-muḫtaṣar ) which contained a summary of the legal doctrine of this school. In some questions, however, his views differed from those of the al-Shāfidīs , so that one even spoke of al-Muzanī's own legal school ( maḏhab ). Al-Muzanī's admiration for al-Shāfidīs Risāla is expressed in one of his sayings:

"I have been looking at al-Shāfidīs Risāla for fifty years, and I do not remember a single time when I did not take advantage of it."

His nephew was the famous Imam at-Tahāwī (853-933).

Works (selection)

Muḫtaṣar al-Muzanī ( digitized version of the Beirut edition: Dār al-Kutub al-ʿilmīya 1998; ISBN 2-7451-2308-4 )

(His other works have not survived.)

literature

W. Heffening: “al-Muzanī”, in: Encyclopaedia of Islam , Second Edition, Volume 7 (Mif – Naz): 1993, p. 822 ( partial online view )
Fuat Sezgin : History of Arabic Literature .
- Vol. 1, Leiden 1967: Qur'an Studies, Hadît, History, Fiqh, Dogmatics, Mysticism up to approx. 430 H. ( ISBN 90-04-02007-1 ) ( partial online view in the Google book search)
Oussama Arabi, David Stephan Powers, Susan Ann Spectorsky: Islamic Legal Thought. A Compendium of Muslim Jurists. Brill Academic Pub, 2013, ISBN 978-90-04-25452-7 ( publisher's link , online excerpt ; partial online view in the Google book search)

References and footnotes

↑ Wilhelm Heffening ( EI 2, VII, 1993, 822) leads from Occupied as-Subki ( Tabaqat AS-Šāfi'īya ) and an-nawawi ( Tahdib ) therefor on; see. Fuat Sezgin, p. 492.
↑ “I have been looking into al-Shafi'i's Risala for fifty years, and I do not recall a single time I looked at it without learning some new benefit.” - Quoted from zaytuna.edu ( memento from March 24, 2017 in the Internet Archive ), search: "Imam al-Muzni" (accessed on April 22, 2017). - Al-Muzanī is one of the “giants” (giants) of this American college.
↑ digitized version

Web links

Literature by and about Al-Muzanī in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)

personal data
SURNAME	Muzanī, al-
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Muzani, Abu Ibrahim Ismaʿil ibn Yahya al-; Muzanī, Isma'il ibn Yahya al- al-; Muzanī, Ismāʿīl bin Yaḥyā al-; Muzani, Isma'il ibn Yahya; Al-Muzani; Imam al-Muzni; Muzani, Yahya al-; Muzanī, Ismāʻīl ibn Yaḥyá; Muzanī, Yaḥyā al-; Muzanī, Ismāʻīl Ibn-Yaḥyā al-; Muzanī, Ismā'īl ibn Yaḥyā Abū Ibrāhīm al-; Muzanī, Abī Ibrāhīm Ismāʿīl Ibn Yaḥyā Ibn Ismāʿīl al-Miṣrī al-
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Islamic legal scholar
DATE OF BIRTH	791 or 792
PLACE OF BIRTH	Egypt
DATE OF DEATH	878
Place of death	Egypt

[1] Wilhelm Heffening ( EI 2, VII, 1993, 822) leads from Occupied as-Subki ( Tabaqat AS-Šāfi'īya ) and an-nawawi ( Tahdib ) therefor on; see. Fuat Sezgin, p. 492.

[2] “I have been looking into al-Shafi'i's Risala for fifty years, and I do not recall a single time I looked at it without learning some new benefit.” - Quoted from zaytuna.edu ( memento from March 24, 2017 in the Internet Archive ), search: "Imam al-Muzni" (accessed on April 22, 2017). - Al-Muzanī is one of the “giants” (giants) of this American college.

[3] tized version