Abd al-Aziz al-Ghumari
Abd al-Aziz al-Ghumari | |
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| Born | November 1920 |
| Died | November 6, 1997 (aged 76–77) Tangier |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Movement | Ghumari[1][2][3][4] |
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Abd al-Aziz bin Muhammad al-Ghumari (Arabic: عبد العزيز بن محمد الغماري; November 1920 in Tangier – November 6, 1997, in Tangier) was a Muslim scholar from Morocco.[5][6]
Career
He started his early education in Tangier and traveled to Cairo and was a student of Azhari scholars such as Mahmoud Imam and Abdul Muti Sharshimi. Among his works are the books Mujam al-Shuyukh and Fath al Aziz Bi Asanid Sayyid Abd al-Aziz.[7] He wrote several articles in the Khadra and al-Balagh newspaper in Tangier and al-Islam magazine in Cairo.[8] al-Ghumari was famous for his intellectual sparring with fellow hadith scholar Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani.[9]
al-Ghumari used to teach the works of Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani and the book Sahih al-Bukhari, and he also has a biography in the Moroccan scholars' encyclopaedia.[10] After a life of research on Hadith, al-Ghumari died in Tangier on Friday November 6, 1997, and was buried after a funeral in which he was mourned by many.[10]
Views
Although al-Ghumari studied in a Sunni Islamic School, he was highly skeptical about accepted Sunni positions and came up with views that were unpopular with his teachers in the al-Azhar University and he used to adopt views based on his research even if they were outside the fold of Ahl al-Sunnah wal-Jamah.[1][2][3][4] He despised many esteemed individuals, including Khatib al-Baghdadi, Abu Nuaym, ibn Khuzayma, ibn Hajar al-Haytami, and especially ibn al-Jawzi, who he declared a non-person who's writings deserve to be trashed as they are worthless.[1][2][3][4] He sharply criticised and slandered those who had views that were different to his.[1][2][3][4]
Among such views are the following:
- Unlike in the Sunni-accepted position where all the companions of Muhammad are venerated, Ghumari used to mention 6 of the companions without venerating them because they fought against Ali.[11]
- The celebration of Mawlid an-Nabi is, according to al-Ghumari, an obligation even though the Islamic society customs nor the religion of Islam do not recognize celebrating Mawlid an-Nabi as an obligation.[12]
- He disagreed with the Sunni position on the supremacy of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq over all people who came after Muhammad, and held Ali to be superior to Uthman ibn Affan, Umar ibn al-Khattab, and Abu Bakr al-Siddiq.[1][2]
- The Ash'aris are ignoramuses, and the opposition and condemnation of the Mu'tazila, Islamic philosophers and other rational Islamic theologians by the Salaf al-Salihin included the Ash'aris as well.[1][2][4][13] al-Ghumari labelled the prominent Ashari scholar al-Subki as mentally ill, and another, ibn Hajar al-Haytami, as an ignoramus and a hypocrite.[1][2][4][13]
- Imam Zahid al-Kawthari was a fanatic and an enemy of the scholars of Islam, except for those who followed his group of Hanafis.[1][2][4][14] He derogatorily labelled the aforementioned group of Hanafis as the worshippers of Abu Hanifa.[15]
- Shah Waliullah Dehlavi, an ardent opposer of the view of the supremacy of Ali over Uthman ibn Affan, Umar ibn al-Khattab, and Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, was a "Walialshaytan" (friend of the Devil).[1][2][4][16]
- Shaykh Ahmad al-Tijani was not an Islamic Saint, rather he was not even a Muslim, and al-Ghumari went on as far to declare that he was worse than the Dajjal (Antichirst).[1][2][4][17]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Uloom al Hadith Review, 2nd year, 3rd edition P: 252
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Gibril Haddad, The Ghumari School. 6 December 2002: Living Islam. Last updated 2 June 2003.
- 1 2 3 4 al-Ghumari, Abd al-Aziz (2010-08-16). الجواب المفيد للسائل المستفيد - أحمد بن الصديق الغماري - منسق [The Useful Answer for the Beneficiary Questioner] (in Arabic).
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 أقريوار, الأمين (2014-07-31). "جهود الحافظ أحمد بن الصديق الغماري في الفقه الإسلامي". مجلة المدونة (1): 18–47. doi:10.12816/0008650. ISSN 2349-1884.
- ↑ Uloom al Hadith Review, 2nd year, 3rd edition pg. 242
- ↑ Al Ifaada, by Hassan Husayni, Tangier 2007
- ↑ Uloom al Hadith Review, 2nd year, 3rd edition P: 245-6
- ↑ Uloom al Hadith Review, 2nd year, 3rd edition P: 247
- ↑ Muhammad Moin, "Ahmed Al-Ghumari on Al-Albani". Al-Sunnah: 8 March 2011.
- 1 2 Uloom al Hadith Review, 2nd year, 3rd edition P: 243
- ↑ The 30th Hadith, Abd al-Aziz al-Ghumari, International Patent number -4-0-9872-9981 Al Bughaz Edition, P 44. Tangier ar.
- ↑ Live lecture 1997 on YouTube
- 1 2 al-Ghumari, Abd al-Aziz (2010-08-16). الجواب المفيد للسائل المستفيد - أحمد بن الصديق الغماري - منسق [The Useful Answer for the Beneficiary Questioner] (in Arabic). p. 11, 13, & 81.
- ↑ al-Ghumari, Abd al-Aziz (2010-08-16). الجواب المفيد للسائل المستفيد - أحمد بن الصديق الغماري - منسق [The Useful Answer for the Beneficiary Questioner] (in Arabic). p. 40.
- ↑ al-Ghumari, Abd al-Aziz (2010-08-16). الجواب المفيد للسائل المستفيد - أحمد بن الصديق الغماري - منسق [The Useful Answer for the Beneficiary Questioner] (in Arabic). p. 72.
- ↑ al-Ghumari, Abd al-Aziz (2010-08-16). الجواب المفيد للسائل المستفيد - أحمد بن الصديق الغماري - منسق [The Useful Answer for the Beneficiary Questioner] (in Arabic). p. 47.
- ↑ al-Ghumari, Abd al-Aziz (2010-08-16). الجواب المفيد للسائل المستفيد - أحمد بن الصديق الغماري - منسق [The Useful Answer for the Beneficiary Questioner] (in Arabic). p. 65.