Abu al-Walid al-Baji

**Abu al-Walid al-Baji**
أبو الوليد الباجي
Abu al-Walid al-Baji; أبو الوليد الباجي
Title	Imam; Al-Ḥāfiẓ
Personal
Born	1013; Beja
Died	1081 (aged 67–68); Almería
Religion	Islam
Era	Islamic Golden Age
Region	Al-Andalus
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Maliki
Creed	Ash'ari
Main interest(s)	Fiqh, Hadith, Islamic theology (kalam), Poetry
Occupation	Scholar, Jurist, Muhaddith, Theologian, Poet
Muslim leader
	Influenced by Malik Ibn Anas; Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari; Abū Dharr al-Harawī; Abu al-Tayyib al-Tabari; Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi; al-Khatib al-Baghdadi; Ibn 'Abd al-Barr;
	Influenced Abu Bakr al-Turtushi;

Abu al-Walid al-Baji, full name Sulayman ibn Khalaf ibn Saʿd (or Saʿdun) ibn Ayyub al-Qadi Abu al-Walid al-Tujaybi al-Andalusi al-Qurtubi al-Baji al-Tamimi al-Dhahabi al-Maliki (28 May 1013 – 21 December 1081), was a Sunni scholar from Beja in al-Andalus. He was an eminent Mālikī jurist (faqih), hadith master (muhaddith), theologian (mutakallim), poet and a man of letters. He was an accomplished debater, prolific writer in numerous scientific works and was a meticulous scholar whose high calibre of knowledge and religious merit are widely acknowledged.^[3] He and Ibn Ḥazm were "the two most important literary figures in eleventh-century al-Andalus".^[4]

^ ^a ^b Camilla Adang, Maribel Fierro, Sabine Schmidtke, Ibn Ḥazm of Cordoba: The Life and Works of a Controversial Thinker (Brill Publishers, 2012), p 5. ISBN 9004243100
^ Gibril Fouad Haddad (2 May 2015). THE BIOGRAPHIES OF THE ELITE LIVES OF THE SCHOLARS, IMAMS & HADITH MASTERS Biographies of The Imams & Scholars. Zulfiqar Ayub. p. 164. Imam al-Subki mentions him among those who followed the school of Imam Ashari in Beliefs & Doctrine (Aqidah) along with Abu al-Walid al-Baji, Abu al-Hasan al-Qabisi, Abu al-Qasim bin Asakir, Abu al-Hasan al-Muradi, Abu Sad bin al-Samani, Abu Tahir al-Silafi, Qadi Iyad and Al-Shahrastani
^ Gibril Fouad Haddad (2 May 2015). "Abu al-Walid al-Baji (403 AH – 474 AH, 71 Years Old)". The Biographies of the Elite Lives of the Scholars, Imams & Hadith Masters. Zulfiqar Ayub. pp. 183–184.
^ Diego Sarrió Cucarella (2012), "Corresponding Across Religious Borders: Al-Bājī's Response to a Missionary Letter from France", Medieval Encounters, 18: 1–35, doi:10.1163/157006712X63454=.

[Adangetal-1] Camilla Adang, Maribel Fierro, Sabine Schmidtke, Ibn Ḥazm of Cordoba: The Life and Works of a Controversial Thinker (Brill Publishers, 2012), p 5. ISBN 9004243100

[2] Gibril Fouad Haddad (2 May 2015). THE BIOGRAPHIES OF THE ELITE LIVES OF THE SCHOLARS, IMAMS & HADITH MASTERS Biographies of The Imams & Scholars. Zulfiqar Ayub. p. 164. Imam al-Subki mentions him among those who followed the school of Imam Ashari in Beliefs & Doctrine (Aqidah) along with Abu al-Walid al-Baji, Abu al-Hasan al-Qabisi, Abu al-Qasim bin Asakir, Abu al-Hasan al-Muradi, Abu Sad bin al-Samani, Abu Tahir al-Silafi, Qadi Iyad and Al-Shahrastani

[Biography-3] Gibril Fouad Haddad (2 May 2015). "Abu al-Walid al-Baji (403 AH – 474 AH, 71 Years Old)". The Biographies of the Elite Lives of the Scholars, Imams & Hadith Masters. Zulfiqar Ayub. pp. 183–184.

[DSC-4] Diego Sarrió Cucarella (2012), "Corresponding Across Religious Borders: Al-Bājī's Response to a Missionary Letter from France", Medieval Encounters, 18: 1–35, doi:10.1163/157006712X63454=.

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Abu al-Walid al-Baji أبو الوليد الباجي
Title	Imam Al-Ḥāfiẓ
Personal
Born	1013^[1] Beja
Died	1081 (aged 67–68)^[1] Almería
Religion	Islam
Era	Islamic Golden Age
Region	Al-Andalus
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Maliki
Creed	Ash'ari^[2]
Main interest(s)	Fiqh, Hadith, Islamic theology (kalam), Poetry
Occupation	Scholar, Jurist, Muhaddith, Theologian, Poet
Muslim leader
Influenced by Malik Ibn Anas Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari Abū Dharr al-Harawī Abu al-Tayyib al-Tabari Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi al-Khatib al-Baghdadi Ibn 'Abd al-Barr
Influenced Abu Bakr al-Turtushi