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Abu al-Abbas al-Azafi

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Abu al-Abbas al-Azafi
Personal
Born
Abu al-Abbas Ahmad abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Lakhmi al-Sabti

1162
Sabta, Morocco (present-day Ceuta, Spain)
Died1236
Ceuta, Morocco (present-day Spain)
ReligionIslam
Notable work(s)Kitab ad-durr al-munazzam fi i ‘l-mawlid al-mu’azzam
OccupationReligious and Legal Scholar

Abu al-Abbas al-Azafi (Arabic: أبو العباس أحمد العَزَفي السبتي) or in full Abu al-Abbas Ahmad abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Lakhmi al-Sabti (1162–1236) was a religious and legal scholar and member of the Banu al-Azafi who ruled Ceuta in the 13th century. Al-Azafi was an expert in the analysis of oral tradition (riwaya wa diraya). He wrote a biography of the Berber saint Sidi Abu Yaaza Yalnour ibn Maymun ibn Abdallah Dukkali Hazmiri al-Gharbi (d. 1177): Di'amat al-yaqin fi za'amat al-muttaqin (The Pillar of certainty in the leadership of the God-conscious).[1] His most important work is Kitab ad-durr al-munazzam fi i ‘l-mawlid al-mu’azzam. It was completed, after his death, by his son Abu l’Qasim. Al-Azafi established the custom of celebrating Mawlid in Ceuta. His son Abu'l-Qasim propagated it throughout the Maghreb.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Abu al-'Abbas al-'Azafi, Da'amat al-yaqin fi zi'amat al-muttaqin (Manaqib al-shaykh Abi Ya'za), ed. A. al-Tawfiq, Rabat 1989
  2. ^ Marion Holmes Katz, The birth of the prophet Muḥammad: devotional piety in Sunni Islam, Routledge, 2007, p. 10 and throughout