Mohammed ibn Hajj al-Abdari al-Fasi

Mohammed ibn Hajj al-Abdari al-Fasi or Mohammed Ibn Mohammed ibn Mohammed Abu Abdallah Ibn al-Hajj al-Abdari al-Qayrawani al-Fasi al-Tilamsi (ca. 1258 - 1336) was a writer from Morocco.

Mohammed ibn Hajj al-Abdari al-Fasi wrote "Madkhal Ash-Shara Ash-Shareef Ala Al-Mathahib" ("Introduction to Islamic Jurisprudence According to Schools of Thought"). The book was published in 4 volumes of over 300 large pages each. It treats many different subjects. [Mohammed Ibn Mohammed ibn Mohammed Abu Abdallah Ibn al-Hajj al-Abdari al-Qayrawani al-Fasi al-Tilamsi. author on medicine and alchemy ("Al-Madkhal"), See: "A Descriptive List of Arabic Manuscripts on Medicine", p. 37 ] His views are very much influenced by al-Ghazali's "Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din". [Perspectives : revue trimestrielle d’éducation comparée(Paris, UNESCO : Bureau international d’éducation), vol. XXIII, n° 3-4, 1993, p. 531-555. (influence)] He spent much of his life in Tunis and Egypt and, for some time, taught at the university of Fes, Al-Qarawiyyin. He was buried in Qarafa (Egypt).

(He is not to be confused with Mohammed al-Abdari al-Hihi (full name :Abu Abdallah Mohammed ibn Mohammed ibn Ali ibn Ahmed ibn Masoud ibn Hajj al-Abdari al-Hihi, fl. ca. 1289) who wrote accounts of his travels. That writer is the author of "The Moroccan Journey" ("Al-Rihlah al-magribiyyah"), an account of his journey to Mecca in 1289.)

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For a biography see [http://www.geocities.com/mutmainaa/people/muhammad_al_hajj.html] (retrieved September 11, 2008) N.B. This site mistakenly assumes that the two authors are the same.