Ibn Ata Allah al-Iskandari (1259-1310) was an Egyptian jurist of the Maliki school and Ashari theologian who served as the third spiritual guide of the Shadhiliyya Sufi order. He taught hadith and jurisprudence at al-Azhar Mosque and the Mansuriyyah madrasa in Cairo, training legal scholars including Taj al-Din al-Subki and Shihab al-Din al-Qarafi, and recorded the biographies of the Shadhiliyya founders. He is most widely known for Kitab al-Hikam, a collection of 261 aphorisms blending his jurisprudential training with Sufi spiritual guidance.
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RoleMaliki jurist, muhaddith and the third murshid of the Shadhiliyya Sufi order after his teacher Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi 1 Nationality / Jurisdiction Place of Death Classification
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Who wrote commentaries on Ibn Ata Allah's Kitab al-Hikam?
Famous Shadhili masters such as Ibn Abbad al-Rundi, Ahmad Zarruq and Ahmad ibn Ajiba, and the non-Shadhili Said Ramadan al-Bouti.
Commentaries on the Hikam were written by some of the most famous masters of the Shadhili order, such as Ibn Abbad al-Rundi, Ahmad Zarruq and Ahmad ibn Ajiba. Non-Shadhili scholars wrote them too, among them the Syrian Islamic law professor Said Ramadan al-Bouti.
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WikipediaIntroduction, gender
Allāh al-Judhāmī al-Iskandarī, Arabic: تاج الدين أبو الفضل أحمد بن محمد بن عبد الكريم بن عبد الرحمن بن عبد الله بن أحمد بن عيسى بن الحسين بن عطاء الله الجذامي السكندري) was an Egyptian Maliki jurist, muhaddith and the third murshid (spiritual "guide" or "master") of the Shadhiliyya Sufi order after his teacher Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi.
Introduction, nationality
Ibn Ata Allah al-Iskandari (1259-1310) was an Egyptian jurist of the Maliki school and Ashari theologian who served as the third spiritual guide of the Shadhiliyya Sufi order.
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Hikam in English and Arabic PDFs, and links to audio recordings. 'Ibn ʿAṭāʾ Allāh al-Iskandarī, or al-Sakandarī (in full, Tāj al-Dīn Abū'l-Faḍl Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Karīm ibn ʿAbd al-Rahmān ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿĪsā ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAṭāʾ Allāh al-Judhāmī al-Iskandarī, Arabic: تاج الدين أبو الفضل أحمد بن محمد بن عبد الكريم بن عبد الرحمن بن عبد الله بن أحمد بن عيسى بن الحسين بن عطاء الله الجذامي السكندري) was an Egyptian Maliki jurist, muhaddith and the third murshid (spiritual "guide" or "master") of the Shadhiliyya Sufi order after his teacher Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi.
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Ibn Ata'Allah was born in a family of religious scholars and started his education under The great Maliki jusrists like Abu al-Hasan al-Aybari. Ibn Ata'Allah was a great skeptic of Sufism even though his father had a great attachment to Abu al-Hasan Al-Shadhili. After a stint period as a teacher in Alexandria, he went to Mamluk capital of Cairo and stated teaching Hadith and Jurispudence in Al-Azhar and some of his prominent disciples were Taj al-Din al-Subki and Shihab al-Din al-Qarafi.
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تاج الدين أبو الفضل أحمد بن محمد بن عبد الكريم بن عبد الرحمن بن عبد الله بن أحمد بن عيسى بن الحسين بن عطاء الله الجذامي السكندري) was an Egyptian Maliki jurist, muhaddith and the third murshid (spiritual "guide" or "master") of the Shadhiliyya Sufi order after his teacher Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi.
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Wikidata Q2827445, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 1260
Wikidata Q2827445, P570 date of death claim (year)
P570 (date of death): 1309
Wikidata Q2827445, P570 date of death claim (full date)
P570 (date of death): 1309-11-21
Wikidata Q2827445, P19 place of birth claim
P19 (place of birth): Alexandria
Wikidata Q2827445, P20 place of death claim
P20 (place of death): Cairo
Wikidata Q2827445, P1449/P4970 alias claim (ar), value 1
also known as: تاج الدين
Wikidata Q2827445, P1449/P4970 alias claim (ar), value 2
also known as: أبو الفضل
Wikidata Q2827445, P1449/P4970 alias claim (ar), value 3
also known as: قُطب العارفين
Wikidata Q2827445, P1449/P4970 alias claim (ar), value 4
also known as: ترجمان الواصلين
Wikidata Q2827445, P1449/P4970 alias claim (ar), value 5
also known as: مُرشد السالكين
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