Career
From the south-east of Tunisia, his knowledge of law, of grammar, of rhetoric, of mathematics, and medicine enabled him to lead the prestigious First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Zaytuna Mosque and the University of Ez-Zitouna for several years. He also had conflicts with Ibn Khaldun whom he suspected had non-religious motives. Khaldun, in turn, accused Ibn Arafa of being jealous of his popularity.
He was also the author of numerous books on law, theology, and logic.
Such books are stored at Zaytuna, in Tunisia. At his death in 1401, he was buried in Djellaz Cemetery located in the old medina of Tunis which has been preserved as the oldest historical monument of the state.