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Sidi Mahrez

Sidi Mahrez

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Sidi Mahrez ben Khalaf or Abu Mohamed Mahrez ben Khalaf ben Zayn (Arabic: سيدي محرز بن خلف; 951–1022) was a Tunisian Wali, scholar of the Maliki school of jurisprudence and a Qadi. He is considered to be the patron-saint of the city of Tunis.

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Life

He was born in Ariana to a father of Arab origin who traced his lineage to Abu Bakr.[1] He studied in Kairouan and then in Fatimid-Egypt and became a teacher of Maliki jurisprudence upon his return. At the age of 57, he left his home-town (Ariana) and went into seclusion in Carthage. In c. 1014 he settled in Tunis, in a house in Bab Souika, which would become his mausoleum and later the Sidi Mahrez Mosque.[2]

He proposed to his teacher Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani (922 – 996 CE) to write a aqidah and fiqh education book, and his proposal was concretised under the title Risala fiqhiya.[3]


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References

  1. [1]
    Sadok Zmerli, Figures tunisiennes. Les précurseurs, éd. Bouslama, Tunis, 1967
  2. [2]
    (in French) « Sidi Mahrez, pour toujours », La Presse de Tunisie, 17 septembre 2007 Archived 2012-02-19 at the Wayback Machine
  3. [3]
    "كتاب الجامع فى السنن والآداب والمغازى والتاريخ". January 1983.
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