Ibn Abī ʿAṣrūn

Ibn Abī ʿAṣrūn (born February 1099/1100, Ḥadīthah, Baghdad Caliphate [now in Iraq]—died October/November 1189, Damascus [now in Syria]) was a scholar who became a leading Shāfiʿī (one of the four schools of Islamic law) theologian and the chief judicial officer of the Ayyūbid caliphate. After completing his theological training, Ibn Abī ʿAṣrūn held various religious and judicial posts in Iraq. In 1154 he was invited to Damascus by its ruler; he taught religious subjects there...