The creative mufti: Ibn Abidin (d.1252 AH/1836 CE)

Ali, Mohammed Farid (2012) The creative mufti: Ibn Abidin (d.1252 AH/1836 CE). Architects of Civilisation. pp. 1-7.

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Abstract

The eminent thirteenth century /early–nineteenth century Damascene scholar Muhammad Amin ibn Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz, better known as Ibn Abidin al-Shami especially in South Asian Hanafite circles, was an Alid sayyid descended from Ismail ibn Jafar al-sadiq. Born in 1198 AH /1784 CE in al-Qunawat quarter of the city of Damascus he took his early education in the Shafi legal school, then adopted the Hanafa juridical school. Under the leading Hanafi Shaykhs Shakir al-Uqqad al-Umari and Said al-Halabi he studied inheritance law & mathematics, legal theory, the Hadith disciplines, Qur’an exegesis, mysticism (tasawwuf), as well as various rational disciplines (ulum aqliyah)...........

Item Type:	Article (other)
Additional Information:	7146/44244 IAIS Website: Architects of Civilisation Series (online article from website)
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion D History General and Old World > DE The Mediterranean Region. The Greco-Roman World H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform K Law > KBP Islamic Law
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC)
Depositing User:	DR MOHAMMED FARID ALI
Date Deposited:	14 Sep 2015 08:10
Last Modified:	14 Sep 2015 08:15
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/44244

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