ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq b. Sabʿīn al-Mursī محمدبن عبدالحق بن سبعين | |
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| Born | 1216/1217 CE |
| Died | March 21, 1271 CE (9 Shawwal 669 AH) |
| Notable work | Sicilian Questions |
| School | Founder of the Sab'iniyya |
Main interests | Sufism and philosophy |
Ibn Sab'īn (Arabic: محمدبن عبدالحق بن سبعين ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq b. Sabʿīn al-Mursī) was an Arab[1][2] Sufi philosopher, the last[citation needed] philosopher of the Andalus in the west land of Islamic world. He was born in 1217 in Spain and lived in Ceuta. It has been suggested that he was a Neoplatonic philosopher, a Peripatetic philosopher, a Pythagorean philosopher, a Hermeticist, an alchemist, a heterodox Sufi, a pantheist, though none of these adequately characterise Ibn Sab'in.[3] He was also known for his knowledge of esotericism and was well versed in the knowledge of Islam and of other religions.[4]
From his time and continuing through to today, Ibn Sabʿīn has been criticized for his views, though often by detractors who did so without an in-depth knowledge of his works, as many of the accusations against Ibn Sabʿīn are invalidated by Ibn Sabʿīn’s own writings, and suggest that some of our author’s critics were not even familiar with his works.
- ^ Leaman, Oliver (2013-03-07). History of Islamic Philosophy. Routledge. ISBN 9781136780448.
- ^ Leaman, Oliver (2015-07-16). The Biographical Encyclopedia of Islamic Philosophy. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781472569455.
- ^ Cook, Benjamin G. (2012-07-01). "Ibn Sabʿīn and Islamic Orthodoxy: A Reassessment". Journal of Islamic Philosophy. 8: 94–109. doi:10.5840/islamicphil201288.
- ^ S. H. Nasr (2006), Islamic Philosophy from Its Origin to the Present: Philosophy in the Land of Prophecy, State University of New York Press, pp. 156-157.