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Ibn Barrajan, Abd al-Salam ibn Abd al-Rahman

ابن برجان عبد السلام بن عبد الرحمن

1141 CE · 536 AH

An ascetic Sufi and theologian from the Maghrib, known for his preaching and for Sufism and kalam.

Depth

At a glance

Roles
mystic · Scholar
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
Maghreb
Identifiers
Wikidata
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Life in time

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Abd al-Mughith al-Harbi · Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Abd al-Qadir al-Rahawi · Abd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Abd al-Wahhab al-Shirazi

Spirituality and SufismCreed

Place in the story

  • Saint (as venerated)Tradition

Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

Overview

Abd al-Salam ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi al-Rijal al-Lakhmi al-Ifriqi, known as Ibn Barrajan, a theologian and ascetic Sufi from the Maghrib. He was known for preaching, Sufism and kalam. 1

He died in 536 AH (1141 CE), according to report. 1

People and things also explored

Certainty and its degrees (yaqin)· Ihsan (excellence in worship)· Istiqama (steadfast uprightness)· The endings of deeds (khawatim)· Nasiha (sincere counsel)· Niyya (intention in deeds)· Taqwa (God-consciousness)· Prophetic adab (proper conduct)

Sources

  1. Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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Certainty and its degrees (yaqin)

Sha'rawi sets out certainty in three degrees: knowledge of certainty when the report comes from someone one trusts, sight of certainty when the matter has been seen, and truth of certainty when one enters into the reality of the thing. He cites the Surat al-Takathur, and says Abu Bakr accepted the night journey because it came from one he trusted.