Ibn Abbad al-Rundi
14th-century Sufi theologian
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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
Ronda, Spain
Died1390 (aged 56–57)
Fes, Morocco
RestingplaceBab al-Futuh cemetery, Fes
NotableworkLetters on the Sufi Path
Ibn Abbad al-Rundi | |
|---|---|
ابن عباد الرندي | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 1333 Ronda, Spain |
| Died | 1390 (aged 56–57) Fes, Morocco |
| Resting place | Bab al-Futuh cemetery, Fes |
| Notable work | Letters on the Sufi Path |
| Occupation | Sufi theologian, writer |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Arabic name | |
| Personal (Ism) | Muḥammad |
| Patronymic (Nasab) | ibn Abī Isḥāq Ibrāhīm |
| Teknonymic (Kunya) | Abū ʿAbdallāh |
| Toponymic (Nisba) | al-Nafzī al-Ḥimyarī al-Rundī |
Ibn Abbad has been suggested as a possible influence on St. John of the Cross in the work of Miguel Asín Palacios.[3]
Notes
References
- 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.
- 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.
- "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).
Sources
- Ibn Abbad of Ronda: Letters on the Sufi Path, transl. John Renard (New York 1986) Archived 2008-03-04 at the Wayback Machine ISBN 0-8091-2730-X
- Los Más Hermosos Nombres de Dios. Versión aljamiada de la plegaria mística escrita por Ibn `Abbâd de Ronda (s.XIV), ed. Xavier Casassas Canals Archived 2010-11-08 at the Wayback Machine
- "Saint-Jean de la Croix, Ibn ‘Abbâd de Ronda et la survivance en Espagne de la mystique musulmane en langue castillane jusqu’à la fin du XVIe siècle", a Horizons Maghrébins. L'héritage de l'Espagne des trois cultures, n° 61 (2010), pp.63-69, from Xavier Casassas Canals.
- Ibn ‘Abbâd, modéle de la Shâdhiliyya a (La Shâdhiliyya -- Une voie soufie dans le monde, éd. E. Geoffroy, Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose, 2004.), from Dr. Kenneth L. Honerkamp.