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Abu al-Mawahib al-Hanbali
Abū al-Mawāhib al-Ḥanbalī (Arabic: أبو المواهب الحنبلي) was a Hanbali Islamic scholar from Damascus who served as a mufti and a religious teacher throughout his lifetime. He was the son of Abd al-Baqi al-Hanbali, a leading Islamic scholar of the same school of thought. BiographyEarly lifeBorn in Damascus to a scholarly Lebanese family from Baalbek, Abu al-Mawahib spent his early life in the care of his father Abd al-Baqi al-Hanbali who taught him the Qur'an and religious etiquettes.[1][2][3] In 1645, he accompanied his father on the Hajj pilgrimage, where he met the Islamic scholars of Mecca.[1][2][3] In his adulthood, he went to Egypt to seek knowledge and study there, but his father (who was in Damascus at the time) passed away between 1660 and 1661; after his father's death he became the sole heir of the leadership of the Hanbali community of Damascus.[1][2][3] Role as muftiDuring his time as a mufti for the Hanbalis, he led the Rain prayer in the late 1690s.[2] He also advised the Ottoman provincial governor of Damascus, Mehmed Pasha Kurd Bayram when the latter intended to place expensive taxes on merchants from Baalbek; the Pasha would accept the scholar's advice and quit the injustice.[2] Aside from his career as a mufti, Abu al-Mawahib made a living out of trading and raising livestock until his death in 1714.[2] InfluencesTeachersAbu al-Mawahib had numerous teachers throughout his academic career, amongst them;[3] MysticismAbu al-Mawahib was a supporter of Islamic mysticism and transmitted writings from the famed Sufi philosopher and mystic Ibn Arabi.[3] References
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