Ibn 'Ata Allah al-Sakandari (d. 709 H. i Cairo)

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Ibn Ata' Allah al-Iskandari was born in the middle of the 7th century AH/13th century CE and grew up in Alexandria during the Mamluk era. Although not much is known about his life, he had the best teachers in all branches of traditional sciences and became known as a great master of Islamic law of the Maliki School. His lifetime witnessed the great flourishing of Sufi brotherhoods. His father was a student of Imam al-Shadhili, though it is unlikely he ever met him. Initially Ibn Ata'Allah was not so drawn to the Sufi path, preferring to concentrate his energies on jurisprudence. Yet, in spite of his early antipathies, he did become a disciple of Shaykh Abu 'l-Abbas al-Mursi, (d. 686/1288). As his most important and principal work, the Hikam, attests, he had become a Sufi master in his own right, and was already a shaykh when al-Mursi died. He became the third great master of the Shadhiliyya order, which grew from Morocco and spread throughout North Africa and beyond. With his career as a scholar in Cairo under the Mamluks in full flourish, he died at around 60 years of age in 709 AH/ 1309 CE and was buried there in the Qarafa cemetery.

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His Books online:
Al-Hikam (svensk övers. av G. Ogén): http://www.ogen.se/sufiskatexter/06_ibn ... inledn.htm
Al-Hikam (transl. Aisha Bewley): http://bewley.virtualave.net/hikam.html
Excerpt from Iyqazh al-Himam fi sharh al-Hikam (transl. Aisha Bewley) :
From Chapter 1:
http://www.deenislam.co.uk/demo/Aisha/hikam_1.htm (se även posting.php?mode=edit&f=47&p=23021)
http://www.deenislam.co.uk/demo/Aisha/hikam_2.htm
http://www.deenislam.co.uk/demo/Aisha/hikam_3.htm
http://www.deenislam.co.uk/demo/Aisha/hikam_4.htm
http://www.deenislam.co.uk/demo/Aisha/hikam_5.htm
Following chapters:
http://bewley.virtualave.net/hikamcom2.html
http://bewley.virtualave.net/hikamcom3.html
http://bewley.virtualave.net/hikamcom4.html
http://bewley.virtualave.net/hikamcom5.html
http://bewley.virtualave.net/hikamcom6.html
http://bewley.virtualave.net/hikamcom7.html
Excerpt from Miftah al-falah: On Dhikr (transl. Aisha Bewley): http://bewley.virtualave.net/miftah.html
Excerpt from Taj al-´Arus: http://privat.bahnhof.se/wb042294/80Ale ... lation.doc

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