Ibn al-Ukhuwwa
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- 729 AH
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Ibn al-Ukhuwwa (d. 729 AH / 1329 CE) was an Egyptian Shafi'i jurist and hadith scholar best known for his classical manual on market inspection and public order, Ma'alim al-Qurba fi Ahkam al-Hisba.
Identity and Background
His name was Diya' al-Din Abu Zayd Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Qurashi al-Misri (also recorded as Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Qurashi), and he was known as Ibn al-Ukhuwwa and Ibn al-Ikhwa. He was an Egyptian scholar of Qurayshi descent who was trained in Shafi'i jurisprudence and engaged in hadith scholarship. He died in 729 AH / 1329 CE (another source dates the death year to 1338 CE).
Scholarly Contribution
Ibn al-Ukhuwwa authored Ma'alim al-Qurba fi Ahkam al-Hisba (The Landmarks of Proximity Concerning the Rulings of Market Inspection), a comprehensive guide on the duties of the market inspector (muhtasib) organized into seventy chapters. The treatise is also recorded under the variant titles Kitab al-Mahabba wa-al-Raghba fi Ma'rifat Ahkam al-Hisba and al-Qurba fi Ahkam al-Hisba. In compiling this manual, he relied significantly on the earlier twelfth-century hisba handbook Nihayat al-Rutba fi Talab al-Hisba by Abd al-Rahman ibn Nasr al-Shayzari, sharing substantial structural and textual similarities with it.
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Ma'alim al-Qurba fi Talab al-Hisba (also known as Ma'alim al-Qurba fi Ahkam al-Hisba) is a classical manual on the office of the market inspector (muhtasib) and the administration of public order and ethics. It serves as a comprehensive handbook detailing legal rulings and standards for inspecting marketplace transactions, preventing fraud, maintaining public order, and supervising communal religious conduct.