Explanation

Abu al-Hasan Ali Ibn Muhammad Ibn Habib al-Mawardi was born in Basrah in 972 C.E.(362H). He has taken his first education in Basrah. After his basic education he learned Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence) from the jurist Abu al-Wahid al-Simari. Then, he went to Baghdad for further education under Sheikh Abd al-Hamid and Abdallah al-Baqi.