Ibn al-Walid and his Exceptions

Scientific personality of Ibn al-Walid and his effect on succeeding scholars indicate of his prominent status and imply researchers’ need to overview and investigate his points of view. The present article is an introduction of Muhammad Ibn al-Hasan Ibn al-Walid and his works and a report of his perspectives in different issues. Employing a library method and descriptive-analytic approach, the current study attempts to cultivate his outstanding and notable view about the problem of exception specifically in Nawadir al-Hikmah written by Muhammad Ibn al-Ahmad Ibn al-Yahya. The results show that exception of Ibn al-Walid is aimed at warning scholars to be more cautious and careful when studying narratives.