Abu al-Khattab al-Ma'afiri (Arabic: ابو الخطاب المعافري) was an Yameni Ibadi Muslim scholar and the first Imam of ibadis in Djbel Nafusa.[1]
Abu al-Khattab al-Ma'afiri | |
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ابو الخطاب المعافري | |
| Died | c. 761 |
| Arabic name | |
| Personal (Ism) | Abd al-A'la عبد الأعلى |
| Patronymic (Nasab) | ibn al-Samh ibn Ubayd ابن السمح ابن عبيد |
| Teknonymic (Kunya) | Abu al-Khattab أبو الخطاب |
| Toponymic (Nisba) | al-Ma'afiri al-Himyari al-Yemeni المعافري الحميري اليمني |
Life
editHis full name is Abd al-A'la ibn al-Samh ibn Ubayd al-Ma'afiri al-Himyari al-Yemeni. His birth date is unknown. [2]
He learned Ibadite principles from his teacher, Abu Ubayda Muslim ibn Abi Karima, in Basra (in present-day Iraq). [3]
See also
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editCitations
edit- ↑ Camps 1984, p. 91.
- ↑ Al-Rashidi 1993, p. 237.
- ↑ Baba 'Ammi et al. 2000, p. 242.
Bibliography
edit- الراشيدي [Al-Rashidi], مبارك ابن عبد الله ابن حميد [Mubarak ibn Abdullah ibn Hamid] (1993). الإمام أبو عبيدة مسلم بن أبي كريمة التميمي وفقهه [Imam Abu Ubaidah Muslim bin Abi Karima al-Tamimi and his jurisprudence] (in Arabic) (1st ed.). Muscat (Oman): جامعة السلطان قابوس [Sultan Qaboos University].
- بابا عمي [Baba 'Ammi], محمد [Muhammed]; باجو [Baju], مصطفى [Mustafa]; بحاز [Bahaz], ابراهيم [Brahim]; شريفي [Sherifi], مصطفى [Mustafa] (2000). معجم الأعلام الاباضية من القرن الاول الهجري إلى العصر الحاضر [Dictionary of Ibadi Figures from the First Century of Hijra to the Present Era] (in Arabic). Vol. 2 (2nd ed.). Beirut (Lebanon): دار الغرب الإسلامي [Dar al-Gharb al-Islami].
- Camps, Gabriel (1984). "Abū l'Khattab ben 'Abd al-'Ala". Encyclopédie berbère (in French) (1): 91. doi:10.4000/encyclopedieberbere.799. ISSN 1015-7344.