Ibn Kiran Explained

Muhammad al-Tayyib ibn Kiran (; 1172/1758-1227/1812) was a Moroccan, religious scholar from Fes. He also played an active political role.

Ibn Kiran is the author of Risala bn Saud, a response, written at the request of the sultan mulay Slimane, to the manifesto of the Wahhabis.^[1] He has written several commentaries, including one on al-Ghazali's Ihya and another on the Alfiyya of Ibn Malik. He also wrote Iqd nafais alla-ali fi tahrik al-himam al-awali, a popular religious work. Ibn Kiran was a teacher at Al-Qarawiyyin University and the teacher of Ahmad Ibn Idris Al-Fasi and Muhammad ibn Ali as-Senussi.^[2]

See also

• Ahmad ibn 'Ajiba
• List of Ash'aris and Maturidis
• List of Sufis

References

1. Book: Rex S. O'Fahey. Enigmatic saint: Ahmad ibn Idris and the Idrisi tradition. 1 February 2012. 1990. Northwestern University Press. 978-0-8101-0910-0. 36.
2. Book: Knut S. Vikør. Sufi and scholar on the desert edge: Muḥammad b. ʻAlī al-Sanūsī and his brotherhood. 3 February 2012. November 1995. Northwestern University Press. 978-0-8101-1226-1. 48.