The Biography of Abu al_Fadl ^Abdullah bin as-Siddiq al-Ghumari

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The Biography of Abu al_Fadl ^Abdullah bin as-Siddiq al-Ghumari
Written by Translated by Riad Nachef
Friday, 20 November 2009 19:58 - Last Updated Sunday, 29 November 2009 13:05

The Biography of Abu al_Fadl ^Abdullah
bin as-Siddiq al-Ghumari who died in the year 1413AH [1]

Translated by Riad Nachef

Name

He is Shaykh Abu al-Fadl ^Abdullah the son of the grand scholar Abu ^Abdillah Shamsid-Din
Mu
h
ammad the son of the great pious
Waliyy
, my master, Mo
h
ammad a
s
-
S
idd
iq
the son of my master A
h
mad the son of Mo
h
ammad the son of
Qa
sim the son of Mo
h
ammad the son of Mo
h
ammad the son of ^Abdilmu’min al-Ghum
a
r
i
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a
t
-
T
anj
i
the son of Mo
h
ammad the son of ^Abdilmu’min the son of ^Aliyy the son of al
H
asan the son of Mo
h
ammad the son of ^Abdull
a
h the son of A
h
mad the son of ^Abdull
a
h the son of ^
I
s
a
the son of Mas^
u
d the son of al-Fu
d
ayl the son of ^Aliyy the son of ^Umar the son of al-^Arab
i
^Al
a
l the son of M
u
s
a
the son of A
h
mad the son of Daw
u
d the son of
mawl
a
n
a
Idr
i
s the son of
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mawl
a
n
a
Idr
i
s al Akbar the son of ^Abdull
a
h the son of al
H
asan al Muthann
a
the son of our master al
H
asan the son of Im
a
m ^Aliyy may All
a
h accept his deeds.

Birth

He, may Allah endow His Mercy upon him, was born on the last day of Jumada-l-akhirah in
the year 1328 AH- 1910 G in stronghold of Tangier.

Upbringing and Travels

He grew up under the care of his father, may Allah endow His Mercy upon him. He memorized
the Glorious Qur’ an according to the
recitation of Warsh, then
H
af
s
, then he proceeded to memorize some religious texts. He memorized most of Man
dhu
mat al Kharr
a
z which is named “Mawrid a
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th
-
Th
am’
a
n”, a large part of al-Alfiyyah, al Arba^
i
n an-Nawawiyyah, al ‘
A
jirr
u
miyyah and a part of Bul
u
gh al Mar
a
m and of Mukhta
s
ar Khal
i
l.

He read under the tutoring of his brother Abu al Fayd the explanation of al “Ajirrumiyyah by
al-Azhariyy. Prior to that he had briefly covered the meanings of its terms with his maternal
uncle As-Sayyid A
h
mad the son of ^Abdil
h
af
idh
the son of ^Aj
i
bah.

At the orders of his father he traveled to Fas to seek the knowledge at the university of al-Qura
wiyy
i
n. He read the explanation of al-Alfiyyah by al Makk
u
d
i
under the tutoring of shaykh ash-Shar
i
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f al
Habib
al
Mahaj
i, also he read the explanation by al Makk
u
d
i
along with
Ha
shiyat Ibn al
Ha
jj under the Tutoring of shaykh Mo
h
ammad the son of al
Ha
jj the son of al Mu
h
ashsh
i
and he attended the explanation of Ibn ^A
qi
l and the
Ha
shiyah of as-sij
a
^iyy under the tutoring of shaykh Mo
h
ammad al
Ha
jj the cousin of the one previously mentioned.

He attended the beginning of the explanation of Mukhtasar Khalil by al Kharshi under the
tutoring of shaykh al
H
ab
i
b al Mah
a
j
i
, and the book of al Jin
a
y
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a
t wa M
a
Ilayh
a
under the tutoring of shaykh A
h
mad al
Qa
dir
i
. He read the chapter of al Buy
u
^ (dealings) and what is after under the tutoring of shaykh Mo
h
ammad a
s
-
S
inh
a
j
i
, and other chapters under the tutoring of shaykh Mo
h
ammad the son of the aforementioned al
Ha
jj and the grand scholar A
h
mad the son of al Jil
a
n
i
, and a part of al Mukhta
s
ar the explanation of az-Zar
qa
n
i
under the tutoring of of the grand scholar ^Abdull
a
h al Fu
d
ayl
i
. He studied the chapter of al ‘Ij
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a
rah up to the end of al Mukhta
s
ar the explanation of ash-Shaykh ad-Dard
i
r under the tutoring of ^Abdur-Ra
h
m
a
n the son of al
Q
urash
i
.

He  attended  Fara’id al Mukhtasar the explanation of al kharshi and Hashiyat Ahmad the son
of al Khayy at
under the tutoring of Ab
u
ash-Shit
a
’ a
s
-
S
inh
a
j
i
.

He attended the explanation of al Bukhari by al Qastalani under the tutoring of shaykh Moham
mad the son of al
Ha
jj in the Mosque of Mawl
a
y Idr
i
s, and he attended the circles of shaykh al
H
usayn al ^Ir
aqi
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in the Mosque of ^Abdur-Ra
h
am
a
n al Ml
i
l
i
, and he attended
Ha
shiyat al Shinw
a
n
i
^Al
a
Ibn Ab
i
Jamrah under the tutoring of the grand scholar ^Abdul
H
ayy al Kitt
a
n
i
in the Mosque of al
Q
urawiyy
i
n.

He attended Jam^ al Jawami^ the explanation of al Mahalli from its beginning up to the
segment of as-Sunnah under the tutoring of shaykh al
H
usayn al ^Ir
aqi
, and al Mu
q
addim
a
t of the same book under the tutoring of the grand scholar ^Abdull
a
h al Fu
d
ayl
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i
, and major portion of the same under the tutoring of shaykh al-^Abb
a
s Bin
a
n
i
and under his tutoring he took al Ma
qu
l
a
t al ^Ashr and at-Taw
hi
d by Ibn ^
A
shir.

He attended Risalat al Wad^ under the tutoring of shaykh ^Abdullah al Fudayli and the
explanation of al
Q
uwaysin
i
^Al
a
Assalam under the tutoring of shaykh al
H
ab
i
b al Mah
a
j
i
.

During his stay in Fas he met as-Sayyid Mohammad the son of Ja^far al Kattani, and was
authorized to narrate by as-Sayyid Mahd
i
al ^Az
u
z
i
who narrates from the route of two people from as-Sayyid Murta
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da
az-Zab
i
d
i
who died in the year 1205 AH .

He returned to Tangiers after he embibed knowledge and skill and stood out among his peers
and he taught al ‘ Ajirrumiyyah and Risalat al Qayrawani at az-Zawiyah as-Siddiqiyyah. He
used to attend his fathers lessons in
S
a
hih
al Bukh
a
r
i
and al ‘Ashb
a
h Wa an-Na
dha
’ir by as-Suy
uti
and Mughn
i
al-Lab
i
b and reviewed the explanation of ad-Dam
a
m
i
n
i
and
H
aw
a
sh
i
al’Am
i
r and ad_Dus
uqi
and ^Abdulh
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