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Hamdun ibn al-Hajj al-Fasi

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Hamdun ibn al-Hajj al-Fasi
Personal
Born
Abu al-Fayd Hamdun ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Hamdun ibn Abd al-Rahman Mohammed ibn al-Hajj al-Fasi al-Sulami al-Mirdasi

1760
Died1817
Morocco
NationalityMoroccan
Notable work(s)
  • Silsilat Dhakhair al-turath al-adabi bi-al-Maghrib
  • Commentary on Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani's Muqaddimah
  • Gloss on Taftazani's treatise on the Mukhtasar
  • Diwan including a controversial poem dedicated to Amir Sau'ud b. 'Abd al-'Aziz
Known forHis poetry and scholarly works, including critiques of Sufi practices
OccupationScholar, poet, Tijani Sufi

Hamdun ibn al Hajj (Arabic: حمدون بن الحاج المرداسي) or in full Abu al-Fayd Hamdun ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Hamdun ibn Abd al-Rahman Mohammed ibn al-Hajj al-Fasi al-Sulami al-Mirdasi (1760–1817) was one of the most outstanding scholars of the reign of moulay Soulayman of Morocco.[1] He was a committed Tijani Sufi[2] but also an outspoken critic of some of the practices of Sufism in that time. Hamdun ibn al Hajj was also one of the best known poets of the period and author of a diwan (Silsilat Dhakhair al-turath al-adabi bi-al-Maghrib).[3] He also wrote a commentary on Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani's Muqaddimah, a gloss on Taftazani's treatise on the Mukhtasar and a series of Diwans including a controversial poem dedicated to Amir Sau'ud b. 'Abd al-'Aziz.[4]

References

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  1. ^ E. J. van Donzel, Islamic desk reference, Brill, 1994 p. 149
  2. ^ Scholar on the Desert Edge: Muhammad b. Ali al-Sanusi, p. 66
  3. ^ al-Diwan_al-amm_li-Hamdun_ibn_al-Hajj_al-Salami Silsilat_Dhakhair_al-turath_al-adabi_bi-al-Maghrib [1] (retrieved August 8, 2010)
  4. ^ Silsilat Dhakhair al-turath al-adabi bi-al-Maghrib) [2] (retrieved 11-9-2010)