Al-Mawardi

al-Mawardi
Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Muḥammad ibn Habib al-Basri al-Mawardi
أبو الحسن علي بن محمد بن حبيب البصري الماوردي
al-Mawardi Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Muḥammad ibn Habib al-Basri al-Mawardi ; أبو الحسن علي بن محمد بن حبيب البصري الماوردي
Abbasid Chief Judge
	In office; 1000s–1058
Abbasid official and Diplomat
	In office; 1031, 1037, ; 1042, 1043
Personal
Born	Ali; c. 972; Basra, Iraq
Died	27 May 1058 ; (30 Rabi'a 450 AH); Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate (now Iraq)
Religion	Islam
Children	Hasan
Parent	Muhammad ibn Habib
Era	Islamic Golden Age ; (Later Abbasid era)
Region	Iraq
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Shafi'i
Creed	Ash'ari
Main interest(s)	Aqidah, (Islamic theology), Tawhid, Islamic Jurisprudence, Principles of Islamic jurisprudence, Sharia, Hadith, Tafsir, Sociology, Political Science
Notable work(s)	For his treatise on Ordinances of the Government.; Qanun al-Wazarah (Laws regarding the Ministers); Kitab Nasihat al-Mulk (The Book of Sincere Advice to Rulers); Kitab Aadab al-Dunya w'al-Din (The Ethics of Religion and of this World); Personas of the Prophethood;
Known for	Works on Religion, Government, the Caliphate, and Public and constitutional law during a time of political turmoil.
Muslim leader
	Influenced by Al-Shafi'i; Abu Hasan al-Ash'ari; Abu Ishaq al-Isfarayini;
	Influenced Ibn Khaldun;

Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Habib (Arabic: علي إبن محمد إبن حبيب, romanized: ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥabīb; c. 974–1058), commonly known by the nisba al-Mawardi (Arabic: الماوردي, romanized: al-Māwardī), was a Sunni polymath and a Shafi'i jurist, legal theoretician, muhaddith, theologian, sociologist and an expert in political science.^[3]^[4] He is considered to be an eminent scholar of his time who wrote on numerous subjects, including Qur'anic interpretations, religion, government, public and constitutional law, language, ethics and belles-letters.^[5]

^ IslamKotob. "Actions are by Intentions - إنما الأعمال بالنيات)". p. 32.
^ Jackson, Sherman (1996). Islamic Law and the State The Constitutional Jurisprudence of Shihāb Al-Dīn Al-Qarāfī. Brill. p. 21. ISBN 9789004104587.
^ Josef W. Meri (2006). Medieval Islamic Civilization: L-Z, index. Routledge. p. 486.
^ Gibril Fouad Haddad (2 May 2015). "Shaykh Abu al-Hassan al-Mawardi (362 AH - 448 AH, age 86 years old)". The Biographies of the Elite Lives of the Scholars, Imams & Hadith Masters. Zulfiqar Ayub. p. 200.
^ "About The Author". kitaabun.com.

al-Mawardi Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Muḥammad ibn Habib al-Basri al-Mawardi أبو الحسن علي بن محمد بن حبيب البصري الماوردي

Abbasid Chief Judge
In office 1000s–1058
Abbasid official and Diplomat
In office 1031, 1037, 1042, 1043

Personal
Born	Ali c. 972 Basra, Iraq
Died	27 May 1058 (30 Rabi'a 450 AH) Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate (now Iraq)
Religion	Islam
Children	Hasan
Parent	Muhammad ibn Habib
Era	Islamic Golden Age (Later Abbasid era)
Region	Iraq
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Shafi'i
Creed	Ash'ari^[1]^[2]
Main interest(s)	Aqidah, (Islamic theology), Tawhid, Islamic Jurisprudence, Principles of Islamic jurisprudence, Sharia, Hadith, Tafsir, Sociology, Political Science
Notable work(s)	For his treatise on Ordinances of the Government. Qanun al-Wazarah (Laws regarding the Ministers) Kitab Nasihat al-Mulk (The Book of Sincere Advice to Rulers) Kitab Aadab al-Dunya w'al-Din (The Ethics of Religion and of this World) Personas of the Prophethood
Known for	Works on Religion, Government, the Caliphate, and Public and constitutional law during a time of political turmoil.
Muslim leader
Influenced by Al-Shafi'i Abu Hasan al-Ash'ari Abu Ishaq al-Isfarayini
Influenced Ibn Khaldun