Abu Madyan

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Abu Madyan , completelyشعيب أبو مدين / Šuʿaib Abū Madyan , called Sidi Bu Madyan in the Maghreb (* 1126 in Cantillana near Seville , † November 13, 1197 in El Eubbad near Tlemcen ), was an Arabic- Andalusian teacher and poet of Sufism .

Life

Abu Madyan grew up in al-Andalus (Andalusia), first learned in Seville and went to the Maghreb after the death of his father . He studied in Tangier , Fez and Marrakech . During a pilgrimage he met Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani in Mecca . On the way back he took part in a battle led by Sultan Saladin against the Crusaders in Palestine and lost a hand in the process. He then settled in Bejaia , where he was revered as a Sufi master and wrote poems that were widely used.

He died in 1197 or 1198 on a trip to Marrakech and was buried in El Eubbad near Tlemcen .

Works and teaching

Abu Madyan developed his teaching under the influence of Al-Ghazālī . Abu Madyan's sayings and poems were collected around 100 years after his death by the Sufi Al 'Arabi (* 1275) and published in the Sufi Šu'aib Abū Madyan 's divan .

Honors

In 'Ubbad near Tlemcen, an Abu Madyan mausoleum was built in 1339 . During the Algerian Civil War in the 1990s, it was a victim of cultural vandalism and damaged, but was later rebuilt.

literature

  • Ernst Bannerth: The divan of the Maghreb Sufi Šu'aib Abū Madjan (d. 1197/1198 after Chr.). In: Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes , Volume 53, 1957, pp. 28–56. ( online on JSTOR )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ernst Bannerth: The divan of the Maghrebian Sufi Šu'aib Abū Madjan (d. 1197/1198 after Chr.). In: Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes , Volume 53, 1957, pp. 28–56. ( online on JSTOR )
  2. ^ Ubbad (mosque, madrasa and tomb of Abu Madyan or Sidi Bumadyan). Discover Islamic Art. Museum with no Frontiers
personal data
SURNAME Abu Madyan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Shu'aib Abū Madyan; Sidi Bu Madyan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Arabic-Andalusian teacher and poet of Sufism
DATE OF BIRTH 1126
PLACE OF BIRTH Cantillana near Seville
DATE OF DEATH November 13, 1197
Place of death El Eubbad near Tlemcen