At a glance
- Roles
- mystic
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Place in the story
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abu'l-Ghayth Ibn Jamil, shaykh of Yemen's shaykhs; at the start of his affair he was a knavish highwayman — while lying in wait for a caravan he heard a voice cry "keeper of the eye, an eye upon you," which fell on him with a fall that shook him; he turned to God and sincerity of purpose showed on him. 1
His company
He kept first to Shaykh 'Ali b. Aflah al-Zubaydi then Shaykh 'Ali al-Ahdal; illiterate, he has speech on the realities, dazzling states and manifest wonders, and a book on tasawwuf was written about him. 1
Connections
- Lived in
- Yemen
People and things also explored
Christianity in Arabia before Islam· Judaism in Arabia before Islam· The Second Abyssinian Occupation of Yemen· Ali ibn Abi Talib's expeditions to Yemen (twice)· Ali's judgment on the men who fell into a lion pit in Yemen· Ali's judgment on three men who lay with one woman in one purity· The First Abyssinian Occupation of Yemen· The sending of Mu'adh ibn Jabal to Yemen and the Prophet's charge to him
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 264-265
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Abu al-Ghayth b. Jamil al-Yamani”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abu-al-ghayth-ibn-jamil/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.