Muhammad Abu Khubza Explained

Religion:	Islam
Abu Uways
Birth Name:	Muhammad Abu Khubza al-Hasani
Birth Date:	30 July 1932
Birth Place:	Tétouan, Morocco
Death Place:	Tetouan, Morocco
Nationality:	Moroccan
Denomination:	Sunni
Jurisprudence:	Zahiri^[1]

Abu Uways Muhammad Abu Khubza al-Hassani (Arabic: مُحَمَّد بن الأَمِين بُوخُبْزَة الْحسْنِيُّ; July 30, 1932 – January 30, 2020)^[2] was a Moroccan Muslim theologian, jurist, bibliographer and linguist. His name has variantly been spelled "Bukhabza," "Boukhabza," Bu Khabza," and "Bu Khubza."

Life

Abu Khubza was born on the 26th of Rabi' al-awwal in the year 1351 according to the Islamic calendar, corresponding to the 30th of July in 1932 Gregorian.^[2]

Works

Abu Khubza produced a detailed library catalog for the Tétouan branch of the Bibliothèque Générale et Archives, Morocco's national library.^[3]

Original works

• Fihris makhtutat khizana titwan. Tétouan: 1984. 2 vols. With al-Mahdi al-Daliru.^[3]

Edited works

• Ibn al-Arabi, Siraj al-muhtadin fi adab al-salihin. Tétouan: Manshurat Jam'iyyat al-Ba'th al-Islami, 1992.^[4]
• Tirmidhi, Aridat al-ahwadhi bi sharh sahih al-Tirmidhi. Beirut: Dar al-Kutub al-'Ilmiyya, 1997. 8 vols.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: العلامة بوخبزة.. شيـخ تطـوان بنـت الأنـدلـس. February 1, 2020.
2. [International Institute for Counter-Terrorism]
3. Jonathan Glustrom Katz, Dreams, Sufism, and Sainthood: The Visionary Career of Muhammad Al-Zawâwî, pg. 205. Leiden: Brill Publishers, 1996.
4. The Transmission and Dynamics of the Textual Sources of Islam: Essays in Honor of Harald Motzki, pg. 83. Eds. Nicolet Boekhoff-van der Voort, Kees Versteegh and Joas Wagemakers. Leiden: Brill Publishers, 2011.