Abu al-Fadl al-Tamimi

Abu al-Fadl al-Tamimi
Abu al-Fadl al-Tamimi
Mystic, Khādimu-sh Sharī’ah [Guardian of the Sacred Law], Sāliku-t Tarīqah [Wayfarer of the Spiritual Path], Wāqifu-l Haqīqah [Unveiler of Divine Mysteries]
Born	952 CE/341 AH; Baghdad
Died	1020 CE/410 AH; Baghdad, Iraq
Venerated in	Islam
Preceded by	ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. al-Ḥārith b. Asad
Succeeded by	Mohammad Yousuf Abū al-Faraj al-Ṭarasūsī
Major shrine	Baghdad, Iraq
Influences	Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Major works	I'tiqad al-Imam al-Mubajjal Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Abū al-Faḍl al-Tamīmī (952–1020 CE/341–410 AH) Abd al-Wāḥid b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. al-Ḥārith b. Asad al-Tamīmī or Abū al-Faḍl al-Tamīmī (Arabic: أبو الفضل التميمي) was a 10th century Muslim saint who belonged to the Junaidia order. He was the son and disciple of Abu al-Hasan al-Tamimi. He was an ardent worshipper and ascetic.^[2] Not many details about his early life are known except that his family was from Yemen. His family belonged to the Arabian al-Tamimi^[3] tribe. He followed the Hanbali school of thought.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Works

Among his most celebrated works is I'tiqad al-Imam al-Mubajjal Ahmad ibn Hanbal (also known as I'tiqad al-Imam al-Munabbal Abi 'Abd Allah Ahmad ibn Hanbal).

Spiritual career

Abu Al Fazal Abdul Wahid Yemeni Tamimi is often associated with Abu Bakr Shibli,^[7] a sufi of Persian descent. This is probably because he looked to Abu Bakr Shibli's teachings for guidance although he gave Bayatat (oath of allegiance) to his father Abdul Aziz bin Harith bin Asad al-Tamimi from whom he was given the Sufi khirqa (the initiatory cloak of the Sufi chain of spirituality). Muhaddith Shah Waliullah Dehlawi is reported to have said, "Abdul Wahid at-Tamimi wore the khirqa from both ‘Abdul Aziz al-Tamimi and Abu Bakr Shibli. This is reflected in many of the authentic chains of spiritual transmission." Abu Al Fazal Abdul Wahid Yemeni Tamimi spent most of his life guiding people often while travelling ^[where?]. Amongst his various disciples, his prominent khalifah (successor) was Mohammad Yousaf Abu-al-Farrah Turtoosi.^[8]^[9]

Spiritual Lineage

Abu Al Fazal Abdul Wahid al-Tamimi's saintly lineage of Faqr was given to him through his father and Murshid Abdul Aziz bin Hars bin Asad al-Tamimi in the following order:^[10]^[11]

Muhammad
'Alī bin Abī Ṭālib
al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī
Habib al Ajami
Dawud Tai
Maruf Karkhi
Sirri Saqti
Junaid Baghdadi, the founder of Junaidia silsila
Abu Bakr Shibli
ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. al-Ḥārith b. Asad al-Tamimi
Abū al-Faḍl al-Tamīmī

Abdul Wahid Tamimi conferred his khilafat (successor to Muhammad) to Mohammad Yousaf Abu al-Faraj Tarasusi who continued the order.

Titles

Khādim-ush-Sharī’ah (Guardian of the Sacred Law)
Sālik-ut-Tarīqah (Wayfarer of the Spiritual Path)
Wāqif-ul-Haqīqah (Unveiler of Divine Mysteries)

Death

Abu Al Fazal Abdul Wahid Yemeni Tamimi died in 1020 CE.^[12] He was buried in the mausoleum of Imam Ahmad b. Hanbal in Baghdad.^[13]

References

^ Ahmad Pakatchi. ""Abū al-Faḍl al-Tamīmī"".
^ Abdul Razzaq Al-Kailani. Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani. PT Mizan Publications. p. 119. ISBN 978-6-028-23638-6.
^ Daphna Ephrat (3 August 2000). 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.
^ Gregory Mack, Jurisprudence, in Gerhard Böwering et al (2012), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691134840, p. 289
^ Sunnite Encyclopædia Britannica (2014)
^ 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.
^ Leonard Lewisohn, "The Heritage of Sufism: Classical Persian Sufism from its origins to Rumi", the University of Michigan, 1999. pg 53: "Two Persian Sufis - Mansur Hallaj and Abu Bakr Shibli (d. 945), the latter from Samarqand by origin but born origin in Baghdad"
^ "Abdul Wahid bin Abdul Aziz Tamimi - Biography". Archived from the original on 2015-07-12. Retrieved 2015-07-11.
^ Prince Darashikhoh, “Safina tul-Auliya”
^ Sult̤ān Bāhū (1998). Death Before Dying: The Sufi Poems of Sultan Bahu. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-92046-0.
^ Sarwari Qadiri Order. India: General Books LLC. 26 July 2010. ISBN 9781158473861.
^ Shah Mohammad Hasan Rampuri. Tawareekh Aina e Tasawuf. Printed in 1311, India, 2nd Edition printed in 1391 Kasur, Pakistan.
^ "Abdul Wahid bin Abdul Aziz Tamimi - Biography".

[Abū_al-Faḍl_al-Tamīmī-1] Ahmad Pakatchi. ""Abū al-Faḍl al-Tamīmī"".

[Abu_Fazl_Abdul_Wahid_bin_Abdul_Aziz_Tamimi-2] Abdul Razzaq Al-Kailani. Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani. PT Mizan Publications. p. 119. ISBN 978-6-028-23638-6.

[Scholarly_Families-The_Tamims-3] Daphna Ephrat (3 August 2000). 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.

[4] Gregory Mack, Jurisprudence, in Gerhard Böwering et al (2012), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691134840, p. 289

[5] Sunnite Encyclopædia Britannica (2014)

[6] 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.

[7] Leonard Lewisohn, "The Heritage of Sufism: Classical Persian Sufism from its origins to Rumi", the University of Michigan, 1999. pg 53: "Two Persian Sufis - Mansur Hallaj and Abu Bakr Shibli (d. 945), the latter from Samarqand by origin but born origin in Baghdad"

[8] "Abdul Wahid bin Abdul Aziz Tamimi - Biography". Archived from the original on 2015-07-12. Retrieved 2015-07-11.

[9] Prince Darashikhoh, “Safina tul-Auliya”

[spiritual_lineage-10] Sult̤ān Bāhū (1998). Death Before Dying: The Sufi Poems of Sultan Bahu. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-92046-0.

[11] Sarwari Qadiri Order. India: General Books LLC. 26 July 2010. ISBN 9781158473861.

[Encyclopedia_Islamica-12] Shah Mohammad Hasan Rampuri. Tawareekh Aina e Tasawuf. Printed in 1311, India, 2nd Edition printed in 1391 Kasur, Pakistan.

[13] "Abdul Wahid bin Abdul Aziz Tamimi - Biography".

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