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al-Shādhilī

Muslim mystic
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Also known as: Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Shādhilī
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Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Shādhilī
Born:
1196/97, Ghumàra, near Ceuta, Mor.
Died:
1258, Humaithra, on the Red Sea
Founder:
Shādhilīyah
Subjects Of Study:
Islam
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al-Shādhilī (born 1196/97, Ghumàra, near Ceuta, Mor.—died 1258, Humaithra, on the Red Sea) was a Sufi Muslim theologian who was the founder of the order of the Shādhilīyah. The details of al-Shādhilī’s life are clouded by legend. He is said to have been a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad and to have gone blind in his youth because of excessive study. In 1218/19 he traveled to Tunisia, where his Sufi teachings of ascetic mysticism aroused the hostility of the traditional orthodox Muslim theologians. Al-Shādhilī was forced to go into exile in Egypt. He died returning from a pilgrimage to ...(100 of 153 words)

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