Abstract
Ibn Rushd al-Jadd is one of the most important and influential Maliki jurists of all times. Ibn Rushd’s period of training coincided with the fall of the petty kingdoms ( ṭawāʾif ) into which al-Andalus split after the collapse of the Umayyad caliphate of Cordova. Ibn Rushd’s intelligence and deep knowledge of Islamic law earned him the esteem of the Almoravid rulers, which enabled him to exert considerable influence on the most relevant political and religious issues of his time. This essay draws mainly on biographical literature and historical chronicles, Ibn Rushd’s own writings and the collection of legal responsa of Aḥmad al-Wansharīsī (d. 914/1508), al-Miʿyār al-muʿrib . Ibn Rushd insisted that the fundamentals of the law ( uṣūl al-fiqh ) must be studied together with the branches of law ( furūʿ al-fiqh ) and he himself made important contributions to contemporary legal practice, as both a qāḍī and a muftī . Keywords:Aḥmad al-Wansharīsī; furūʿ al-fiqh ; Ibn Rushd al-Jadd; Islamic law; uṣūl al-fiqh
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