Outline the contribution of Ibn Khaldin to Islam.

Explanation

He received a classical Arabic education, studying the Quran and Arabic linguistics, the basis for an understanding of the Quran and of Islamic law, Hadith and Fiqh. The philosopher Al-Alibi introduced him to mathematics, logic and philosophy. At the age of 17, Ibn Khaldun lost both his parents to an epidemic of the plague, which hit Tunis. At the age of 20, he began his political career at the Chancellery of the Tunisian ruler, Ibn Tafrakin, with the position of Katib al-