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Imam Abu 'Abdullah Al-Qurtubi or Abu 'Abdullah Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Abu Bakr al-Ansari al-Qurtubi (Arabic: أبو عبدالله القرطبي‎) d( 1214 - 1273) was a famous classical Sunni Maliki scholar.

Biography

He was born in Cordoba, Spain and was an eminent Maliki scholar who specialised in fiqh and hadith. Many Muslims claim that the breadth and depth of his scholarship are evident in his writings.^[1] The most famous of them is his twenty-volume Tafsir al Jami' li-ahkam al-Qur'an.

He died in 1273 in Munya Abi'l-Khusavb, Egypt.

Views

He is particularly cited in support of the reality of possession by Jinn and the Devil (Shaitan). Commenting on the Qur'an (al-Baqara, verse 275), he wrote:

This verse contains proof against those who deny the possession by way of Jinn, claiming that it is a result of natural causes, as well as those who claim that Shaitan does not enter humans nor does he touch them.

Works

• Tafsir al-Qurtubi, his best known book Al-Jami' li Ahkam il-Qur'an, a 10-volume tafsir (commentary) on the Qur'anic verses dealing with legal issues.

• At-Tadhkirah Fih Alil Mawta Wal-Akhira (Affairs of the Dead and Doomsday)

References

1. ^ Al-Qurtubi's depth of scholarship

See also

• List of Islamic scholars