Ahmad al-Hifzi
Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Ḥifẓī | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | 1732 |
| Died | 1818 (aged 85–86) |
| Era | Early modern period |
| Region | Asir, Arabian Peninsula |
| Main interest(s) | |
| Notable work(s) | ʿUqd Jawāhir al-Laʾāl fīmā warada min Faḍāʾil al-Āl |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni (Wahhabism) |
| Jurisprudence | Shāfiʿī |
| Creed | Atharī[1] |
| Muslim leader | |
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Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Ḥifẓī (1732–1818) was an Islamic scholar of the Shafi'i school and a former Sufi mystic from Asir, now present-day Saudi Arabia. Born in Asir, he received his ijazah in Zabid and subsequently became a leading scholar of Asir, temporarily adopting Sufism, before leaving it for Wahhabism, which he died upon.[2]
Biography
[edit]His full name was Aḥmad bin ʿAbd al-Qādir bin Bakrī al-ʿUjaylī ar-Rijālī. He was born in 1732, in the village of Rijal Almaa in Asir.[3][4] He studied under scholars of the Shafi'i school, the dominant school of thought in Asir at the time, travelling to Zabid to further his education and receive his ijazah.[4][5][6] After he had completed his studies in religion and receiving the ijazah to teach, Al-Hifzi became a Sufi mystic, donning the Khirqa and following a "moderate" path of the Qadiri Order that stuck to the practices of its founder Abdul Qadir Gilani.[7] Between 1750–1760, Al-Hifzi slowly became disillusioned with Sufism due to influences of missionaries belonging to the Wahhabi movement and by 1780, he was amongst the sympathizers of the Wahhabis.[4][6][7] He died in 1818 and was buried in a cemetery in his hometown in Asir.[3][4][6]
Works
[edit]- ʿUqd Jawāhir al-Laʾāl fīmā warada min Faḍāʾil al-Āl (The Necklace of Pearl Jewels on What Has Been Reported of the Virtues of the Family) – A written work in manuscript format which details the stories of the Ahl al-Bayt and descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.[8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Abdul Rahman al-Bassam (1999). ʿUlamāʾ Najd khilāl thamāniyat qurūn [Scholars of Najd from over eight centuries] (in Arabic) (2 ed.). Saudi Arabia: Dar al-Asimah.
- ^ Khān, Ṣiddīq Ḥasan (2007). al-Ṣafahāt, ʿAdad (ed.). al-Tāj al-Mukallal min Jawāhir Maʾāthir al-Ṭirāz al-Ākhar wa al-Awwal [The Jeweled Crown: On the Distinguished Legacies of Recent and Early Generations] (in Arabic) (1st ed.). Qatar: Wizārat al-Awqāf wa al-Shuʾūn al-Islāmiyyah.
- ^ a b Al-Zirikli (2002). Al-A'lām [Eminent Personalities] (in Arabic). Vol. 1 (15 ed.). Lebanon: Dar al-'Ilm lil-Malayin.
- ^ a b c d "The Manuscript of Shaykh ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad al-Ḥifẓī as a Source for the History of Asir in the 13th Hijri Century, An Analytical Study". Darah Journal of Arabian Peninsula Studies. 2: 92–93. 21 June 2024. eISSN 2950-1768. ISSN 2950-1776 – via BRILL.
- ^ Nuwayhiḍ, ʿĀdil (1988). Muʿjam al-Mufassirīn min Ṣadr al-Islām wa-ḥattā al-ʿAṣr al-Ḥāḍir, [Dictionary of Commentators: From the Dawn of Islam to the Present Day] (in Arabic). Vol. 2 (3rd ed.). Beirut, Lebanon: Muʾassasat Nuwayhiḍ al-Thaqāfiyyah lil-Taʾlīf wa-al-Tarjamah wa-al-Nashr.
- ^ a b c Khān, Ṣiddīq Ḥasan (2002). Abjad al-ʿUlūm [The Alphabets of the Ulema] (in Arabic) (1st ed.). Dār Ibn Ḥazm. pp. 666–668.
- ^ a b al-Bayṭār, ʿAbdurrazzāq (1993). Bahjat, Muḥammad (ed.). Ḥilyat al-Bashar fī Tārīkh al-Qarn al-Thālith ʿAshar [The Adornment of Mankind in the Thirteenth Century] (in Arabic) (2nd ed.). Beirut, Lebanon: Dār Ṣādir. pp. 189–190.
- ^ Aḥmad, Shihāb al-Dīn. ʿUqd Jawāhir al-Laʾāl fīmā warada min Faḍāʾil al-Āl [The Necklace of Pearl Jewels on What Has Been Reported of the Virtues of the Family] (in Arabic) (Original, Digitized ed.). Asir.