Abu al-Fadl Abdullah bin Muhammad bin al-Siddiq al-Ghumari ( ar, عبد الله بن الصديق الغماري; 1910–1993) was a

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preacher, scholar of hadith, jurist and theologian from Morocco.

Life

Ghumari was born in Tangier in 1910, and died there in 1993.The Biography of Abu al Fadl Abdullah bin as-Siddiq al-Ghumari who died in the year 1413AH, written and translated by Riad Nachef. Available at:Ayouby.com
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'', ''

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. Ghumari later travelled to Fas for his higher education, but then enrolled in the University of al-Karaouine. While there, he also studied Mosque of Uqba, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and important seat of Muslim religious learning. During his study, Ghumari studies canonical texts in Sunni Islam, including Al-Qastallani's explanation of ''

Sahih al-Bukhari Sahih al-Bukhari ( ar, صحيح البخاري, translit=Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī), group=note is a ''hadith'' collection and a book of '' sunnah'' compiled by the Persian scholar Muḥammad ibn Ismā‘īl al-Bukhārī (810–870) around 846. Al ...

'' and the works of Khalil ibn Ishaq al-Jundi. Eventually, Ghumari switched from Karaouine to

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in 1930 and graduating the next year. During his education, Ghumari was a student of

Al-Kawthari Muhammad Zahid b. Hasan al-Kawthari (; 1879–1952) was the adjunct to the last Shaykh al-Islam of the Ottoman Empire, a Hanafi Maturidi scholar. Overview He was born in 1879 in Düzce, now in Turkey (back then in the Ottoman Empire), to fa ...

, of whom Ghumari would later hold extremely negative views.

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The Ghumari School
6 December 2002: Living Islam. Last updated 2 June 2003. Due to fears in the wider Arab world regarding the influence of the

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in the mid-twentieth century, Ghumari was accused of having ties to a foreign group. In 1961, he was sentenced to ten years in prison, likely due to his time spent in Egypt where the Brotherhood had formed. His older brother,

Ahmad al-Ghumari Ahmad bin Muhammad bin al-Siddiq al-Ghumari was a Muslim traditionist and scholar of Hadith from Morocco. Career Ghumari authored more than one hundred books. He was well known for a debate which acrimoniously began between him and fellow hadith ...

, fell ill upon hearing of his younger brother's long sentence and died eight months later.

Teachers

He studied under Muhammad al-Tahir ibn 'Ashur,

Yusuf al-Nabhani Yusuf bin Ismail bin Yusuf bin Ismail bin Muhammad Nâsir al-Dîn an-Nabhani (1849–1932) born in Ijzim in Palestine, was a Palestinian Sunni Islamic scholar, judge, prolific poet, and defender of the Ottoman Caliphate. He died in Beirut. ...

, Muhammad Zahid al-Kawthari, Muhammad Bakhit al-Muti'i, and Hasanayn Muhammad Makhluf.

Students

Ghumari's students included Salâh Ud Dîn At Tijânî and

Muhammad bin Yahya al-Ninowy Muhammad bin Yahya al-Ninowy (born 1970) is a Syrian-born American Islamic scholar, theologian, and medical doctor. He has been listed among The 500 Most Influential Muslims in a publication compiled by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centr ...

Hassan al-Kattani Ḥassan al-Kettani ( ar, حسن الكتاني; born 16 August 1972 in Salé) is a Muslim scholar and former political prisoner from Morocco. Imprisoned for alleged connections to the 2003 Casablanca bombings, Kettani was pardoned by Mohammed VI ...

. Hamza Yusuf received an ijazah from him., Cordoba Academy. Accessed February 17, 2013.

Citations

External links

The Biography of Sheikh 'Abdallah b. al-Siddiq al-Ghumari

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