Ibn Hazm

Abu Muhammad Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Sa'id ibn Hazm, called Ibn Hazm al - Andalusi (Arabic ابن حزم الأندلسي, DMG Ibn al - Andalusi Ḥazm; born November 7, 994 in Córdoba, † August 16, 1064 on the estate of Casa montija at Niebla ) was an Arab polymath in the Caliphate of Córdoba. He was a followers of the now-defunct law school of Zahiriten.

Ibn Hazm was born in 994 in Cordoba. His family was probably of Visigothic origin and came from Huelva. Since his father was vizier under Almansor, he had in his first years access to the court circles in Córdoba. Soon on the basis of his extensive training he rose to become a major polymath who was adept extensively in theology, philosophy and poetry.

But since he was a supporter of the Muslim school of law of Zahiriten, he was banned from teaching in the Grand Mosque and was therefore expelled later renewed. In Seville, even his works were burned. Another reason for his repeated banishment was his allegedly pro- Umayyad sentiment that was suspect in the Taifa kingdoms. After he had temporarily been vizier under the Umayyad caliph Abd ar -Rahman V. (1023-1024), he retired from politics.

Of his many works acquired, inter alia, the work, the separation between the religious communities of great importance, in which he underwent Judaism, Christianity and Zoroastrianism and the main Islamic sects a critical examination in order to refute them. Also, a book authored by him treatise on love The Ring of the Dove became widespread in the Islamic world.

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