Uthman ibn al-Makki al-Tuzari
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- 1350 AH
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Uthman ibn al-Makki al-Tuzari (d. 1350 AH / 1931–1932 CE) was a Tunisian Maliki jurist, grammarian, and senior professor at the Al-Zaytuna Mosque in Tunis, best known for his legal commentary Tawdih al-Ahkam.
Name and Career
His full name was Uthman ibn Abd al-Qasim (also vocalized as Bilqasim) ibn al-Makki al-Tuzari al-Zubaydi, commonly referred to simply as Uthman ibn al-Makki . He was affiliated with the Maliki school of jurisprudence and taught as one of the prominent scholars of the highest instructional tier (al-tabaqa al-ulya) at the Great Mosque of al-Zaytuna in Tunis .
Biographical sources vary on the recorded terminus of his life: while modern biographical registers document his death in 1350 AH (c. 1931/1932 CE), Khayr al-Din al-Zirikli recorded his death as occurring after 1338 AH (after 1920 CE), Umar Rida Kahhala noted him as alive in 1312 AH (1894 CE), and additional records document publications by him as late as 1344 AH (c. 1925/1926 CE) .
Scholarly Contribution
Al-Tuzari contributed to Maliki jurisprudence and Arabic linguistic sciences through pedagogical commentaries intended to elucidate classical texts for students:
- Tawdih al-Ahkam Sharh Tuhfat al-Hukkam (Clarification of Rulings: Commentary on the Gift of Judges): A four-part commentary across two volumes on Ibn Asim al-Gharnati's didactic poem on judicial procedure and substantive Maliki law, which al-Tuzari completed in 1338 AH and published in Tunis in 1339 AH .
- Ma'alim al-Ihtida' fi Sharh Qatr al-Nada wa-Ball al-Sada (Waymarks of Guidance: Commentary on the Dewdrop and Moisture of Mist): A grammatical treatise completed in Jumada al-Thaniyya 1312 AH .
- Al-Hidaya li-Ahl al-Bayan (Guidance for the People of Clarification): A legal treatise on Maliki jurisprudence published in Tunis .
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List of Works
Tawdih al-Ahkam Sharh Tuhfat al-Hukkam (Clarification of Rulings: Commentary on the Gift of Judges) is a four-part Maliki jurisprudential commentary on Ibn Asim al-Gharnati's judicial didactic poem, Tuhfat al-Hukkam. Composed to simplify the learning process for students and encourage scholarly authorship, the work summarizes authoritative Maliki texts and existing commentaries, clarifying legal issues across judiciary rules, contracts, and procedure in accessible language.