Mohamed Bayram II

Mohamed Bayram II (28 October 1748 in Tunis^[1] – 23 October 1831^[2]) is a Tunisian scholar and cleric.

Son of , he belongs to the Bayram family notable for being native from Turkey. His mother was the daughter of the Hanafi Mufti . Mohamed Bayram II learned fiqh and hadith from his father, tajwid from Sheikh Mohamed Qarbattaq and other religious sciences from Sheikh Salah Ibn Abi Kawech.^[3]

He succeeded his father as Imam of Youssef Dey Mosque and taught at the University of Ez-Zitouna. In 1778, he was appointed as a qadi in Tunis before returning to teaching in 1780.^[4]

His father was appointed as a Hanafi mufti in 1801 by the sovereign Hammuda ibn Ali and was at the head of the Sharia board until his death. He published a series of books on historical and genealogical dimension of Hanafi. He frequently used the Maliki school to take the arguments of his fatwas.

He still has a reputation as a prolific worker.

Works[]

• History of the Tunisian literature as Muradite and Husseinite dynasties (تاريخ الأدب التونسي في العهدين المرادي والحسيني)
• Compilation of biographies of Tunisian scholars (عنوان الأريب عما نشأ بالبلاد التونسية من عالم أديب), composed entirely in verses
• The masters of poetry and literature (أشهر ملوك الشعر والنثر)

He also wrote a brief history of his family since his arrival in Tunis with the contingent of Sinan, several works on Islamic jurisprudence such as the uniqueness of God and a book on the Muslim calendar based on the calculation and observation of the moon (قلادة اللآل في نظم حكم رؤية الهلال‎).

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