Ibn Abi al-Dunya
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Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn Ubaid ibn sufyan ibn Abi al-Dunya, Abu bakar, Baghdadi, known by his epithet of Ibn Abi al-Dunya (AH 207/8–281, 823–894 CE) was a Muslim scholar.[1][2] During his lifetime, he served as a tutor to the Abbasid caliphs, al-Mu'tadid (861–902) and his son, al-Muktafi (878–908).[3]
Abdallah ibn Muhammad ibn Ubaid ibn sufyan ibn Abi al-Dunya عبد الله بن محمد بن عبيد بن سفيان بن أبي الدنيا | |
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Occupation(s) | Tutor to the al-Mu'tadid and al-Muktafi |
Years active | c. 870 – 900s |
Era | Abbasid era |
Known for | Tutor to the Abbasid caliphs, al-Mu'tadid and his son, al-Muktafi. |
Notable work | see below |
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Ibn Abi al-Dunya's treatise on music, Dhamm al-malālī ('Condemnation of the malāhī'), is believed by Amnon Shiloah (1924–2014) to have been the first systematic attack on music from Islamic scholarship, becoming 'a model for all subsequent texts on the subject'. His understanding of malāhī, as constituting not just "instruments of diversion" but also musics forbidden and for the purposes of amusement only, was an interpretation that 'guided all subsequent authors who dealt with the question of the lawfulness of music'.[3]