Mundhir bin Sa'īd al-Ballūṭī
| Mundhir bin Sa'īd al-Ballūṭī | |
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| Born | 887 Los Pedroches |
| Died | 15 November 966 |
| Ethnicity | Berber |
| Region | Iberian Peninsula |
| Occupation | Judge |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Zahiri |
| Creed | Athari |
| Main interest(s) | Islamic law |
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Abu al-Hakam Mundhir ibn Sa'īd ibn Abd Allah ibn Abd ar-Rahman al-Ballūṭī (887 – 15 November 966) was a Muslim legal expert and judiciary official in Al-Andalus. In addition to his legal career, he was also considered a prominent theologian, academic, linguist, poet and intellectual.
Balluti's exact date of birth is disputed, with historians listing the year as both 886 and 887. He was born and raised in Los Pedroches in the mountainous region of Cordoba Province, northwest of Córdoba, Andalusia. Balluti's family, however, was originally from North Africa of Berber origins. He came from a religiously active family, and his sister was notable as a Muslim woman who founded her own monastery known as a Ribat where she and other women could devote their lives solely to piety and religious scholarship.
Balluti initially studied Islamic studies in the capital of Andalus, later traveling east both for the sake of his education and to perform the Muslim pilgrimage at Mecca, which he completed in 921. He studied in various regions under a number of different teachers before traveling to Cairo in order to study Arabic grammar and literature. Later gaining some renown as a linguist in his own right, he was also known as a poet.
Balluti died in his hometown of Cordoba in 15 November 966. He was 82 years old.
Initially, Balluti served as the chief judge of Mérida. Later, he served as the judge of the Umayyad Caliph of Cordoba Abd-ar-Rahman III from 949 until his death under the reign of Al-Hakam II.
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