Muhyi al-Din al-'Abadi, the grammarian of Mecca

محيي الدين العبادي نحوي مكة

c. 15 August 1411 CE · 18 Rabi' II 814 AH – c. 1475 CE · 880 AH

Al-'Abadi (b. Mecca 18 Rabi' II 814) — the Maliki nahwi of Mecca, recipient of al-Suyuti's praise litany ('had Sibawayh seen him he would have owned him'); heard al-Fasi, was licensed by al-Bisati; died 880 1.

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Roles
Scholar · Jurist
Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Arabia
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Life in time

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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Gunpowder Empires · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Abd al-Baqi Yazdi · Taj al-Din 'Abd al-Wahhab ibn 'Arabshah · Abu Zayyan Muhammad V, Marinid Sultan · Al-Ibshitay, Ahmad ibn Isma'il · Al-Biqa'i, Ibrahim ibn Umar

Education

Overview

Muhyi'l-Din 'Abd al-Qadir al-'Abadi, the Maliki grammarian — grammarian of Mecca; al-Suyuti says in Bughyat al-wu'at: "for tafsir, the unveiler of its mysteries; for hadith, the journey is to him in his transmissions; for fiqh, Malik's reins are his; for grammar, the reviver of its orbit — had Sibawayh seen him he would have acknowledged him." Born on 18 Rabi' II 814 at Mecca and raised there. 1

His shaykhs and issuance

He heard al-Taqi al-Fasi, Abu'l-Hasan Ibn Salama and a company; 'A'isha bint 'Abd al-Hadi, Ibn al-Kuwayk, 'Abd al-Qadir al-Armawi and al-Badr al-Damamini licensed him; he read fiqh under a company, al-Bisati licensed him for fatwa and teaching, he wrote the mansub hand, and sat at Mecca for fatwa and for teaching fiqh, tafsir and Arabic. He died in 880. 1

People and things also explored

al-Attarine Madrasa, Fez· Experience versus service, and self-development· Scientific matn (condensed school text)· Reading and culture (al-qira'a wa-l-thaqafa)· Motivation· The youth cultural crisis· Life management and choosing one's field· Madrasa

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 329-330
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