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Ibn Sab'īn ( ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq b.1 Sabʿīn al-Mursī ) was an Arab Sufi philosopher, the last 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, a Kabbalist, an alchemist, a heterodox Sufi, a crypto-Shīʿī, a plagiarizer, a pantheist, and an arrogant seeker of fame, though none of these adequately characterise Ibn Sab'in.2Ibn Sabʿīn is most famously remembered for his replies to questions sent to him by Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor . He was recognized by Michele Amari as the author, among others, of the responses to the famous Sicilian Questions . He was also the author of the Budd al-Arif , amongst other works.3He was also known for his knowledge of the "hidden sciences" and was well versed in 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. There are several stories regarding Ibn Sabʿīn's death. In approximately 668/1270 Ibn Sabʿīn died in the Mecca, apparently under suspicious circumstances. There are two descriptions of his death, one that states that he was poisoned and another that reports that he committed suicide. Despite the mutually exclusive versions, it is the more controversial suicide adopted by Massignon and Corbin that is repeatedly reported, and even fictionalised by Bensalem Himmich in A Muslim Suicide . There is further evidence leading us to reject the story of Ibn Sabʿīn’s suicide. Casewit states that “his alleged suicide seems untenable firstly because it was related by one of Ibn Sabʿīn’s foes, and secondly because suicide is wholly contrary to both Islamic law and Ibn Sabʿīn’s philosophical beliefs.” Al-Bādīsī, one of his detractors, reports that Ibn Sabʿīn’s demise was most likely from poisoning, for he treated a serious head wound Abū Numayy received from the ruler of Yemen, al-Malik al-Muzaffar (r. 647–94/1250–95), a Sunni Muslim and ally of the Mamluks of Egypt, [who] had Ibn Sabʿīn poisoned.5 History of Islamic Philosophy . The Biographical Encyclopedia of Islamic Philosophy . Journal of the Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi Society .6
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Abu Mohammed Abd el-Hakh Ibn Sabin was a Sufi philosopher. He was born in 1217 in Spain and lived in Ceuta . He was known for his replies to questions sent to him by Frederick II , ruler of Sicily . He died in 1269 in Mecca . He was also known for his knowledge of religions (Judaism, Christianity but even Hinduism and Zoroastrism) and the "hidden sciences." S.H.
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Abu Mohammed Abd el-Hakh Ibn Sabin ( ) was a Sufi philosopher, the last philosopher of the Andalus in the west land of Islamic world. He was born in 1217 in Spain and lived in Ceuta . He was known for his replies to questions sent to him by Frederick II , ruler of Sicily . He died in 1269 in Mecca . He was also known for his knowledge of religions (Judaism, Christianity but even Hinduism and Zoroastrism) and the "hidden sciences." His school is a combination of philosophical and Gnostic thoughts.He was recognized by Michele Amari as the author, among others, of the responses to the famous Sicilian Questions of Frederick II of Hohenstaufen .
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13th-century Muslim philosopher Abu Mohammed Abd el-Hakh Ibn Sab'in ( ) was an Arab Sufi philosopher, the last philosopher of the Andalus in the west land of Islamic world. He was born in 1217 in Spain and lived in Ceuta . He was known for his replies to questions sent to him by Frederick II , ruler of Sicily . He died in 1271 in Mecca .He was also known for his knowledge of religions (Judaism, Christianity but even Hinduism and Zoroastrism) and the "hidden sciences" and has been variously depicted as a Neoplatonic philosopher, a Peripatetic philosopher, a Pythagorean philosopher, a Hermeticist, a Kabbalist, an alchemist, a heterodox Sufi, a crypto-Shi’ite, a plagiarizer, a pantheist and an arrogant seeker of fame. His school is a combination of philosophical and Gnostic thoughts. He was recognized by Michele Amari as the author, among others, of the responses to the famous Sicilian Questions of Frederick II of Hohenstaufen . History of Islamic Philosophy .The Biographical Encyclopedia of Islamic Philosophy .Journal of Islamic Philosophy .
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13th-century Muslim philosopher Ibn Sab'īn ( Arabic : محمدبن عبدالحق بن سبعين ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq b. Sabʿīn al-Mursī ) was an Arab Sufi philosopher, the last 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. He was also known for his knowledge of esotericism and was well versed in the knowledge of Islam and of other religions. 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. History of Islamic Philosophy .
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