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Ibn ʿAbbād al-Rundī (Arabic: ابن عباد الرندي;[a] 1333–1390) was one of the leading Sufi theologians of his time who was born in Ronda. Attracted to Morocco by the famous madrasahs, Ibn Abbad emigrated there at an early age. He spent most of his life in Morocco, living in different cities (Salé, Marrakesh, Fes...), and was buried in Bab al-Futuh (south-eastern gate) cemetery in Fes.[1][2]

Born1333 (1333)
Ronda, Spain
Died1390 (aged 56–57)
Fes, Morocco
RestingplaceBab al-Futuh cemetery, Fes
NotableworkLetters on the Sufi Path
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Ibn Abbad al-Rundi
ابن عباد الرندي
Personal life
Born1333 (1333)
Ronda, Spain
Died1390 (aged 56–57)
Fes, Morocco
Resting placeBab al-Futuh cemetery, Fes
Notable workLetters on the Sufi Path
OccupationSufi theologian, writer
Religious life
ReligionIslam
Arabic name
Personal (Ism)Muḥammad
Patronymic (Nasab)ibn Abī Isḥāq Ibrāhīm
Teknonymic (Kunya)Abū ʿAbdallāh
Toponymic (Nisba)al-Nafzī al-Ḥimyarī al-Rundī
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Ibn Abbad has been suggested as a possible influence on St. John of the Cross in the work of Miguel Asín Palacios.[3]

Notes

  1. Full name Abū ʿAbdallāh Muḥammad b. Abī Isḥāq Ibrāhīm al-Nafzī al-Ḥimyarī al-Rundī[1][2]

References

  1. El Adnani, Jillali. Fleet, Kate; Krämer, Gudrun; Matringe, Denis; Nawas, John; Rowson, Everett (eds.). "Ibn ʿAbbād al-Rundī". Encyclopaedia of Islam (3rd ed.). Brill Online. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_ei3_COM_30619. ISSN 1873-9830.
  2. Nwiya, Paul (1971). "Ibn ʿAbbād". In Lewis, B.; Ménage, V. L.; Pellat, Ch. & Schacht, J. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume III: H–Iram. Leiden: E. J. Brill. OCLC 495469525.
  3. "Un precursor hispano musulman de San Juan de la Cruz", which was later reprinted in Huellas del Islam (1941), at 235-304. An English translation was made by Douglas and Yoder as Saint John of the Cross and Islam (New York: Vantage 1981).

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