Al-Maward

Al-Maward

Abu al-Hasan Ali bin Muhammad bin Habib al-Maward known in Latin as Alboacen (972-1058 CE) was an Arab Muslim jurist-Mawardi was born in Basrah during the year 972 C.E. The Shafi" historian al-Khatib al-Baghdadi. Growing ups he was able to learn Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence) from Abu al-Wahid al-Simari and subsequently took up his residence in Baghdad. While both Basrah and Baghdad were centres of the Mu'tazila school of thought, the great (orthodox) Shafi'i jurist al-Mawardi for his Mu'tazila sympathies. Other biographical anecdotes remember al-Mawardi as a humble man, eloquent and enthusiastic in his speech. Regardless of theological polemics, in his day al-Mawardi was a "high-profile figure."