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Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi

أبو العباس المرسي

c. 1287 CE · 686 AH

Ahmad Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi, the Murcian Ansari who succeeded al-Shadhili at Alexandria — his tomb famed for answered prayers and honoured in Ibn Ata Allah's Lataif al-Minan; he honoured people by their rank with God, welcomed the broken sinner over the self-admiring obedient, and left terse Qur'an glosses; died at Alexandria in 686 1.

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Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
al-Andalus & Europe · Egypt & Nile
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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Abu l-Fida · Afif al-Din al-Tilimsani · Afif al-Din ibn Mazru' · Ahmad al-Suhrawardi · Ahmad ibn Muhsin al-Ba'labakki

Overview

Ahmad ibn Umar ibn Muhammad, Abu al-Abbas al-Ansari al-Mursi, one of the great saints. He was a companion of Shaykh Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili and succeeded him after him. 1

He came from Murcia in al-Andalus and settled in Alexandria. His tomb was known for the answering of supplications, and al-Maqqari visited it many times. Ibn Ata Allah made him known in "Lata'if al-Minan". 1

Al-Maqqari says that he honoured people according to their standing with God, and was very averse to whisperings in the prayer and the ablution, and had words on the interpretation of the Qur'an. He died in Alexandria in 686 AH; the Gregorian conversion is derived. 1

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Ibn Ata Allah al-Iskandari

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Ibn Ata Allah al-Iskandari

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  1. Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari , p. 190-191
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Ibn Ata Allah al-Iskandari

Taj al-Din Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ata Allah al-Iskandari (d. 709 AH), the ascetic preacher, pupil of Abu'l-Abbas al-Mursi of the Shadhili order; al-Dhahabi describes him in the Siyar as 'one of the great opponents of Shaykh Taqi al-Din Ibn Taymiyya', whose funeral was widely attended.