Sahnun, Maliki judge of Kairouan

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ScholarMaliki judge of Kairouan

Sahnunسحنون

Approximate dateKairouan

The judge of Kairouan whose Mudawwana made North Africa Maliki.

He travelled east to learn from Ibn al-Qasim, Malik's student in Egypt, and compiled the Mudawwana, a vast record of Malik's rulings. As judge under the Aghlabids he took no salary and held even the ruler's household to account.

What grew out of it?

The Mudawwana became the core text of Maliki law in the Maghreb and al-Andalus.

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