1. Al-Mawardi is considered to be an eminent scholar of his time who wrote on numerous subjects, including Qur'anic interpretations, religion, government, public and constitutional law, language, ethics and belles-lettres.
19 Facts About Al-Mawardi
1. 2.
Al-Mawardi was eager in evaluating a variety of situations that he came across.
3.
Al-Mawardi received instruction in the field of Hadith from a number of well-known hadith scholars.
4.
Al-Mawardi left his village to complete his education before moving to Baghdad and settling in Darb az-Za'farani.
5.
Al-Mawardi set out on a journey to various regions to disseminate and put his knowledge to use after completing his education in Baghdad.
6.
Al-Mawardi travelled for a while before coming back to Baghdad to share the immense knowledge he had gained.
7.
Al-Mawardi studied under prominent and leading figures of his time.
8.
Al-Mawardi was one of them; he was assigned to represent the Shafi'i school and authored the book al-Iqna, while al-Quduri wrote the famous al-Mukhtasar on behalf of the Hanafites.
9.
Al-Mawardi played a vital role in restoring Muslim unity by negotiating with the Buyid emirs and Seljuk sultans.
10.
Al-Mawardi was rewarded with many grand gifts and tributes by majority of the Sultans and rulers of the time.
11.
Al-Mawardi's body was buried in Mansur, Baghdad's Bab Harb Cemetery.
12.
Al-Mawardi's death came just 11 days after the passing of Qadi Abu al-Tayyib.
13.
Al-Mawardi lived during the Islamic Golden Age, a period of intellectual and cultural flourishing, but within the decline of the Abbasid caliphate.
14.
Al-Mawardi lived in a time signalled by a period of progressive deterioration of social and political disintegration that finally led to the fall of the Abbasid dynasty in 1258.
15.
Al-Mawardi was the founder of the political science in the Islamic World and first writer on political theory in the history of Islam.
16.
Al-Mawardi is therefore considered one of the most renowned pioneers and thinkers of the political science in Islamic history.
17.
Al-Mawardi was in favour of a strong government and spoke out against unlimited powers given to the governors which he postulated would create disorder and chaos on the other hand, he has brought forth clear principles for elections of the Caliph rulers and standards of the voters among which the most important achievement of a degree of intellectual capacity and morality of the character.
18.
Al-Mawardi was a prolific writer who created a large body of written material.
19.
Al-Mawardi is remembered as a meticulous and sincere scholar in which he manifests it into his works.