ابن أبي زمنين : أديب الأَندلس الزاهد

Abstract EN

This paper deals with a knowledgeable figure from Anadalus, who lived in the fourth century of Hijra.

He was an ascetic, well-versed in Islamic jurisprudence, literature, poetry, Quranic interpretation and writing.

He belongs to a family of knowledge.

His full name is Mohammed bin Abdullah bin Abi Zamaneen, an odd family name that remained a perplexing mystery.

He lived a life moving between three cities, Tunis, Elvira & Granada.

He had teachers as well as students.

He was appointed as a judge, as was his father before him, issuing verdicts according to the Maliki Sect.

He was brilliant and had good manners He did not gain the fame he deserved, and only one of his books, which was an interpretation of Holy Quran, was printed.