Hamdun ibn al-Hajj al-Fasi explained

Hamdun ibn al-Hajj al-Fasi
Birth Name:Abu al-Fayd Hamdun ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Hamdun ibn Abd al-Rahman Mohammed ibn al-Hajj al-Fasi al-Sulami al-Mirdasi
Birth Date:1760
Birth Place:Fez, Morocco
Death Date:1817
Death Place:Morocco
Nationality:Moroccan
Occupation:Scholar, poet, Tijani Sufi
Known For:His poetry and scholarly works, including critiques of Sufi practices
Notable Works:
  • 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

Hamdun ibn al Hajj 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

  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 https://openlibrary.org/books/OL13215292M/al-Diwan_al-amm_li-Hamdun_ibn_al-Hajj_al-Salami_1174_H-1760_M_1232_H-1817_M_%28Silsilat_Dhakhair_al-turath_al-adabi_bi-al-Maghrib%29 (retrieved August 8, 2010)
  4. Silsilat Dhakhair al-turath al-adabi bi-al-Maghrib) https://openlibrary.org/books/OL13215292M/al-Diwan_al-amm_li-Hamdun_ibn_al-Hajj_al-Salami_1174_H-1760_M_1232_H-1817_M_%28Silsilat_Dhakhair_al-turath_al-adabi_bi-al-Maghrib%29(retrieved 11-9-2010)