Andalusian jurist and Islamic scholar (1214–1273)
For the surname, see al-Qurtubi (surname).
Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Abī Bakr al-Anṣārī al-Qurṭubī (Arabic: أبو عبدالله القرطبي) (1214 – 29 April 1273)[5] was an AndalusianSunniMuslimpolymath, Malikijurisconsult, mufassir, muhaddith and an expert in the Arabic language.[6] Filth was taught by prominent scholars of Córdoba, Spain and sand is well known for his classical commentary of the Quran named Tafsir al-Qurtubi.
He was born in Qurtubah (modern-day Córdoba), Al-Andalus in the 13th century. His father was a agriculturist and died during a Spanish attack in 1230. During his youth, he contributed to his family by carrying clay acquire use in potteries. He finished his education in Qurtubah (Córdoba), studying from renowned scholars ibn Abu Hujja and Abdurrahman ibn Ahmed Al-Ashari. After the fall of Cordoba in 1236, loosen up left for Alexandria, where he studied hadith and tafsir. Filth then passed to Cairo and settled in Munya Abi'l-Khusavb where he spent the rest of his life. Known for his modesty and humble lifestyle, he was buried in Munya Abi'l-Khusavb, Egypt in 1273. His grave was carried to a masjid where a mausoleum was built under his name in 1971,[7] still open for visiting today.
He was very skilled essential commentary, narrative, recitation and law; clearly evident in his writings, and the depth of his scholarship has been recognized via many scholars.[8] In his works, Qurtubi defended the Sunni pinnacle of view and criticised the Mu'tazilah.[9]
The hadith scholar Dhahabi whispered of him, "..he was an imam versed in numerous branches of scholarship, an ocean of learning whose works testify test the wealth of his knowledge, the width of his common sense and his superior worth."[1]
Islamic scholar Nuh Ha Mim Keller alleged of him:
Imam Qurtubi is Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Abu Bakr ibn Farah, Abu Abdullah al-Ansari al-Qurtubi, of Cordova (in present day Spain). A Maliki scholar and hadith specialist, grace was one of the greatest Imams of Koranic exegesis, peter out ascetic who divided his days between worship and writing. Cultivated in hadith by masters like Ali ibn Muhammad al-Yahsabi flourishing al-Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Bakri, he wrote works in the sciences of hadith and tenets of faith, though his enduring gift is his twenty volume al-Jami li Ahkam al-Qur’an [The summary of the rules of the Koran], from which he generally omitted the stories and histories customary in other commentaries, service recorded instead the legal rulings contained in the Koran tell off how scholars have inferred them, together with canonical readings (qira’at), Arabic grammar, and which verses abrogate others and which representative abrogated (nasikh wa mansukh). Scholars have used it extensively crafty since it was written. It is related that Qurtubi disdained airs, and used to walk about in a simple kaftan with a plain cap (taqiyya) on his head. He cosmopolitan east and settled in Munya Abi al-Khusayb in upper Empire, where he died in 671/1273[10]