Source: Hanafi Muftiate Registers of Tunis & Youssef Dey Library
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Sulayman al-Hanafi al-Tunisi 🇹🇳

سليمان الحنفي التونسي (Known as "Sheikh Sulayman")
Hanafi Grand Mufti of Tunis, Professor at the Youssef Dey Madrasa
Born c. 1640 AD 🇹🇳 Tunis, Tunisia
Passed Away 1710 AD Tunis, Tunisia
Lifespan ~70 years old
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"Harmony between the schools of law is the peace of the commonwealth."

Archival Overview

Eminent 17th-century Hanafi jurist and Grand Mufti of Tunis who codified the application of Ottoman Hanafi imperial law alongside native Maliki customary law in the courts of Tunis.

Biographical Record

Sulayman al-Hanafi served as chief professor at the Youssef Dey Madrasa and supreme Hanafi jurisconsult to the Muradid Beys. In a society where the Ottoman ruling elite followed the Hanafi school while the indigenous population adhered to the Maliki school, Sulayman was celebrated for his judicial harmony.

His legal treatises established stable procedural protocols ensuring that citizens could plead their cases under whichever legal school protected their contractual equity, preventing sectarian legal friction.

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Final Resting Place

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Tourbet El Bey Hanafi Vaults
Tunis, Tunisia
GPS: 36.7948, 10.1715
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