Abū al-Mawāhib al-Ḥanbalī (Arabic: أبو المواهب الحنبلي) was a Hanbali Islamic scholar from Damascus who served as a mufti and a religious teacher throughout his lifetime. He was the son of Abd al-Baqi al-Hanbali, a leading Islamic scholar of the same school of thought.
Abū al-Mawāhib al-Ḥanbalī | |
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| Title | أبو المواهب الحنبلي |
| Personal | |
| Born | 1634–1635 |
| Died | 1714 Damascus Eyalet |
| Resting place | al-Dahdah Cemetery |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Era | Early modern period |
| Region | The Levant |
| School | Hanbali |
| Creed | Athari |
| Main interest(s) | Hadith |
| Senior posting | |
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Biography
editEarly life
editBorn in Damascus to a scholarly Lebanese family from Baalbek, Abu al-Mawahib spent his early life in the care of his father Abd al-Baqi al-Hanbali who taught him the Qur'an and religious etiquettes.[1][2][3] In 1645, he accompanied his father on the Hajj pilgrimage, where he met the Islamic scholars of Mecca.[1][2][3] In his adulthood, he went to Egypt to seek knowledge and study there, but his father (who was in Damascus at the time) passed away between 1660 and 1661; after his father's death he became the sole heir of the leadership of the Hanbali community of Damascus.[1][2][3]
Role as mufti
editDuring his time as a mufti for the Hanbalis, he led the Rain prayer in the late 1690s.[2] He also advised the Ottoman provincial governor of Damascus, Mehmed Pasha Kurd Bayram when the latter intended to place expensive taxes on merchants from Baalbek; the Pasha would accept the scholar's advice and quit the injustice.[2] Aside from his career as a mufti, Abu al-Mawahib made a living out of trading and raising livestock until his death in 1714.[2]
Influences
editTeachers
editAbu al-Mawahib had numerous teachers throughout his academic career, amongst them;[3]
Mysticism
editAbu al-Mawahib was a supporter of Islamic mysticism and transmitted writings from the famed Sufi philosopher and mystic Ibn Arabi.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c Al-Aʻlām: Qāmūs Tarājim li-Ashhar al-Rijāl wa-al-Nisāʼ min al-ʻArab wa-al-Mustaʻribīn wa-al-Mustashriqīn by Khayr al-Din al-Zirkli
- ^ a b c d e f Mohammed Khalil Al-Muradi (1988). Salak al-Durar fi 'Aiyan al-Qarn al-Thani 'Ashar [The Pearls of the Twelfth Century Hijri] (in Arabic) (3rd ed.). Dar al-Bashir al-Islamiyyah.
- ^ a b c d e al-Mawahib (1990). Mashyakhat Abī al-Mawāhib al-Ḥanbalī [The Sheikhs of Abu al-Mawahib al-Hanbali] (in Arabic). Beirut, Lebanon: Dār al-Fikr al-Mu‘āṣir.