Tags: Philosopher.
Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi or in full Muḥammad b. ʿAbdallāh Ibn al-ʿArabī al-Maʿāfirī al-Išbīlī Abū Bakr (Arabic: أبو بكر بن العربي born in Sevilla in 1076 and died in Fez in 1148) was a judge and scholar of Maliki law from al-Andalus. Like Al-Mu’tamid ibn Abbad Ibn al-Arabi was forced to migrate to Morocco during the reign of the Almoravids. It is reported that he was a student of Al-Ghazali for some time. He was a master of Maliki Jurisprudence.