Ibn 'Abd al-Barr

978 - 1071

languages spoken, written or signed: Arabic

occupation: muhaddith, qadi, historian, 'ālim, writer

influenced by: Malik ibn Anas, Dawud al-Zahiri, Al-Shafi'i, Yahya al-Laithi

Yūsuf ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Barr, Abū ʿUmar al-Namarī al-Andalusī al-Qurṭubī al-Mālikī, commonly known as Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr (Arabic: ابن عبد البر) was an eleventh-century Maliki scholar and Athari theologian who served as the Qadi of Lisbon. He died in December 2, 1071(1071-12-02) (aged 93). Source: Wikipedia (en)