Abu al-Hasan al-Tamimi

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Abdul Aziz bin Hars bin Asad Yemeni Tamimi
Saint, Mystic
Born13 Shawal 200 AH/ 816 CE[1]
Yemen
Died11 ZilHaj 332 AH/ 944 CE
Yemen
Venerated inIslam
Major shrineYemen

Abdul Aziz bin Hars bin Asad Yemeni Tamimi (200–332 AH / 816–944 CE) (Arabic: عبدل عزیز بن حرث بن یمنی تمیمی) was a Muslim saint who belonged to the Junaidia order.[2]

Biography

Abdul Aziz bin Hars bin Asad Yemeni Tamimi was the disciple of Abu Bakr Shibli[3] and became his khalifah[further explanation needed] on 21 Muharram 240 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[4] of Arabia due to which he took his name as Tamimi.[5]

Spiritual Lineage

  1. Muhammad Sall Allahu Alayhi Wa alihi Wasallam
  2. 'Alī bin Abī Ṭālib
  3. al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī
  4. Habib al Ajami
  5. Dawud Tai
  6. Maruf Karkhi
  7. Sirri Saqti
  8. Junaid Baghdadi, the founder of Junaidia silsila
  9. Abu Bakr Shibli
  10. Abdul Aziz bin Hars bin Asad Yemeni al-Tamimi

He conferred khilafat[further explanation needed] to his son and disciple Abu Al Fazal Abdul Wahid Yemeni Tamimi who continued the order.

See also

References

  1. ^ Shah Mohammad Hasan Rampuri. Tawareekh Aina e Tasawuf. Printed in 1311, India, 2nd Edition printed in 1391 Kasur, Pakistan.
  2. ^ Muhammad Hisham Kabbani. Classical Islam and the Naqshbandi Sufi tradition. ISCA. ISBN 978-1-930-40910-1.
  3. ^ Kenneth Avery. Shibli: His Life and Thought in the Sufi Tradition. SUNY Press. ISBN 978-1-438-45179-4.
  4. ^ Kister, M. J (November 1965). "Mecca and Tamīm (Aspects of Their Relations)". Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient. 8 (2): 113–163. doi:10.2307/3595962. JSTOR 3595962.
  5. ^ Daphna Ephrat. A Learned Society in the Period of Transition:The Sunni Ulama of Eleventh Century Baghdad. SUNY Press. p. 157. ISBN 978-0-791-44645-4.

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