Al-Burzuli

أبو القاسم البرزلي (Known as "Abu al-Qasim al-Burzuli")

Grand Mufti of Tunis, Maliki Jurist, Author of Jami' Masa'il al-Ahkam

Born c. 1360

Tunis, Tunisia

Passed Away 1438 Tunis, Tunisia

Lifespan ~78 years old

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"The law must breathe with the life of the marketplace while remaining tethered to divine justice."

Archival Overview

15th-century Grand Mufti of Tunis and pupil of Ibn Arafa whose massive legal compendium Jami' Masa'il al-Ahkam compiled centuries of North African and Andalusian fatwas.

Biographical Record

Abu al-Qasim ibn Ahmad al-Burzuli was born into a prominent Berber scholarly family in Hafsid Tunis. Succeeding Ibn Arafa in the judicial leadership of the city, he held the post of Chief Mufti during a flourishing era of Mediterranean maritime commerce.

His seven-volume masterpiece, Jami' Masa'il al-Ahkam, compiled legal cases covering urban trade, maritime law, Christian-Muslim commercial treaties, and agricultural contracts, providing modern social historians with an invaluable archive of daily medieval life.

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Final Resting Place

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Djellaz Cemetery
Tunis, Tunisia

                         GPS: 36.7833, 10.1833                    

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