Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi
| Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi | |
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عبدالغنی ابن اسماعیل النابلوسی Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi19 March 1641 Damascus, Ottoman Empire, now Syria |
| Died | 5 March 1731 (aged 89) Damascus, Ottoman Empire, now Syria |
| Known for | Muslim Scholar, Sufi |
عبدالغنی ابن اسماعیل النابلوسی
Shaykh ′Abd al-Ghani ibn Isma′il al-Nablusi (an-Nabalusi) (19 March 1641 – 5 March 1731), an eminent Muslim scholar and Sufi, was born in Damascus in 1641 into a family of Islamic scholarship. His father, Isma'il Abd al-Ghani, was a jurist in the Hanafi school of Sunni Islam and a contributor to Arabic literature. He was orphaned at an early age. Abd al-Ghani did not trace his descent to the city of Nablus as some laymen think, hence his surname Nabulsi has nothing to deal with the city of (Nablus).
Before the age of 20 he was teaching and giving formal legal opinions (fatwa). He joined both the mystical orders Qadiriyya and Naqshbandi. He then studies in isolation in his house for 7 years studying divine experiences. He taught in the Umawi Mosque in Damascus and the Salihiyya Madrasa, becoming renowned throughout the region as an accomplished Islamic scholar. He travelled extensively, seeing Istanbul (1664), Lebanon (1688), Jerusalem (1689), Palestine (1689), Egypt (1693), Arabia (1693), and Tripoli (1700).
He died and was buried in Damascus in 1731 at 90 years of age.
He wrote over 300 books and monographs. His views on religious tolerance towards other religions were developed under the inspiration of the works of the Andalusian Sufi master, Muhyi al-Dīn al-Maghribī. 'Arabness', concern was the impoverished conditions of Islamic communities, was influenced by the writings of the jurist Najm al-Din al-Ghazzi (1570-1651). He made two visits to Palestine, in 1690, and 1693-4, visiting Christian and Jewish sites, as well as sacred Muslim shrines, and he enjoyed there the hospitality of local Christian monks. Subjects he wrote about include Sufism, Rihla, agriculture, and poetry. He also wrote ethnographic works based on his travels to Tripoli, Egypt, Jerusalem, Lebanon and other areas of the Middle East.
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