Abu al-Hasan al-Tamimi explained
Abu al-Hasan al-Tamimi |
Titles: | Saint, Mystic |
Birth Date: | 929 CE; 317 AH |
Birth Place: | Yemen |
Death Date: | 981/2 CE; 371 AH[1] |
Death Place: | Yemen |
Venerated In: | Islam |
Major Shrine: | Yemen |
Abu al-Hasan 'Abd al-'Aziz b. al-Harith b. Asad b. al-Layth al-Tamimi (929–981/2 CE; 317–371 AH)[2] (Arabic: أبو الحسن عبد العزيز بن الحارث بن أسد بن الليث التميمي) was a Muslim saint who belonged to the Junaidia order.[3]
Biography
Abdul Aziz bin Hars bin Asad Yemeni Tamimi was the disciple of Abu Bakr Shibli[4] and became his successor (khalifah) on 21 Muharram 340 AH. He was an ardent worshipper and ascetic. He was an individual of high spirituality and perception and was known for his remarkable wit and learning. Yemeni was a part of his name as he was born and lived in Yemen. He belonged to the tribe Banu Tamim[5] of Arabia thus part of his name was Tamimi.[6]
Spiritual Lineage
- Muhammad
- 'Alī bin Abī Ṭālib
- al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī
- Habib al Ajami
- Dawud Tai
- Maruf Karkhi
- Sirri Saqti
- Junaid Baghdadi, the founder of Junaidia silsila
- Abu Bakr Shibli
- Abdul Aziz bin Hars bin Asad Yemeni al-Tamimi
He conferred khilafat to his son and disciple Abu al-Fadl al-Tamimi who continued the order.
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Notes and References
- Book: H. A. R. Gibb. The Encyclopaedia of Islam. 1967. Brill Archive. 10.
- Book: A. Kevin Reinhart. Before Revelation: The Boundaries of Muslim Moral Thought. 1995. SUNY Press. 9781438417066. 22.
- Book: Muhammad Hisham Kabbani. Classical Islam and the Naqshbandi Sufi tradition. 2003. ISCA. 978-1-930-40910-1.
- Book: Kenneth Avery . Shibli: His Life and Thought in the Sufi Tradition . 15 May 2014 . SUNY Press. 978-1-438-45179-4.
- 10.2307/3595962. 3595962. Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient . 8 . 2. Kister, M. J. . November 1965. Mecca and Tamīm (Aspects of Their Relations) . 113–163.
- Book: Daphna Ephrat. A Learned Society in the Period of Transition:The Sunni Ulama of Eleventh Century Baghdad. 3 August 2000. SUNY Press. 157 . 978-0-791-44645-4.