Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi

Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi was a Muslim qadi and scholar of Maliki law from al-Andalus. Like Al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad, Ibn al-Arabi was forced to migrate to what is now Morocco during the reign of the Almoravids. It is reported that he was a student of al-Ghazali. He was a master of Maliki Jurisprudence. His father was a student of Ibn Hazm. He also contributed to the spread of Ash'ari theology in al-Andalus. A detailed biography about him was written by his contemporary Qadi Ayyad, the Malikite scholar and judge from Ceuta.