{{Infobox philosopher
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| region = Andalusia
| era = Medieval
| color = #B0C4DE
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| name = Abū Muḥammad ʿAlī ibn Aḥmad ibn Saʿīd ibn Ḥazm
| birth_date = November 7, 994
| birth_place = [[Córdoba, Spain|]], [[Caliphate of Córdoba]]
| death_date = August 15, 1064refref (456 AHref)
| death_place = Montíjar, near [[Huelva]], [[Taifa of Seville]]
| school_tradition = [[Islamic philosophy]]
| main_interests = [[Islam]], [[Sunnah]]
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Abū Muḥammad ʿAlī ibn Aḥmad ibn Saʿīd ibn Ḥazm ({{lang-ar|أبو محمد علي بن احمد بن سعيد بن حزم}}; also sometimes known as al-Andalusī aẓ-Ẓāhirī;ref November 7, 994 – August 15, 1064refrefref (456 AHref)) was an [[Al-Andalus|Andalusian]] [[polymath]] born in [[Córdoba, Spain|]], present-day [[Spain]].ref He was a leading proponent and codifier of the [[Zahiri]] [[madhab|school of Islamic thought]],ref and produced a reported 400 works of which only 40 still survive, covering a range of topics such as [[Fiqh|Islamic jurisprudence]], [[...|history]], [[ethics]], [[comparative religion]], and , as well as [[The Ring of the Dove]], on the art of love.refref The [[Encyclopaedia of Islam]] refers to him as having been one of the leading thinkers of the [[Muslim world]],ref and he is widely acknowledged as the father of [[Comparative religion|comparative religious studies]].ref