Sahnun

Also known as Abu Said al-Tanukhi Sahnun

Sahnun ibn Said ibn Habib al-Tanukhi () (c. 776/77 – 854/55) (160 AH – 240 AH ) was a jurist in the Maliki school from Qayrawan in modern-day Tunisia.

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Born: 776 or 7
Died: 854
Works: 6

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al-Mudawwanah al-kubrá
al-Mudawwanah al-kubrá lil-Imām Mālik ibn Anas al-Aṣbaḥī
al-Mudawwanah al-kubrá lil-Imām Mālik
al-Mudawwanah al-kubrá [lil] Imām Mālik ibn Anas al-Aṣbaḥī
al-Tahdhīb li-masāʼil al-Mudawwanah wa-al-Mukhtaliṭah

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Religious biography.religion: Islam
Religious biography.denomination: Sunni
Religious biography.jurisprudence: Maliki
Religious biography.name: Sahnun ibn Said ibn Habib al-Tanukhi
Religious biography.birth_date: 776–7 CE (160 AH)
Religious biography.death_date: 854–5 CE (240 AH)
Religious biography.main_interests: Hadith and Fiqh
Religious biography.works: Al-Mudawwana

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Place of birth: Kairouan
Occupation: ulema
Languages spoken: Arabic
Religion: Sunni Islam
Image: Imam Sahnun.png

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Commons category: Sahnun
date of birth: 0777-00-00
date of death: 0854-01-01

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Sahnun ibn Said ibn Habib al-Tanukhi () (c. 776/77 – 854/55) (160 AH – 240 AH ) was a jurist in the Maliki school from Qayrawan in modern-day Tunisia.

==Biography== His full name was Abu Said Abd al-Salam ibn Said ibn Habib ibn Hassan ibn Hilal ibn Bakkar ibn Rabia al-Tanukhi (). He gained the nickname Saḥnūn (a type of sharp bird) because of his quickness of mind. He was born to an Arab family that originated in Syria, his father was a soldier from Homs in present-day Syria. He was from the tribe of Tanukh.

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