Muhammad ibn ‘Ali ibn Muhammad ibn al-‘Arabi, Abu Bakr Muhyi al-Din al-Hatimi al-Ta’i al-Andalusi al-Mursi al-Dimashqi, known as
Ibn ‘Arabi
(560A.H - 638A.H)
(July 28, 1165 CE - November 10, 1240 CE)
A warning !
by
Ibn `Arabi
Ibn Arabi stated:
“It is not permissible for those that do not understand our terminologies to study our books”
(Al-Fatāwā al-Hadīthiyya, pg 211, Al-Fikr)
Complex books:
Those that discuss the concepts of Tasawwuf and other intricate issues. These books should not be studied alone. The tutelage and guidance of a competent Scholar should be sought.
Sheikh Alt Arabi of Spain had no children.
At the instance of a Majzoob, he approached Hazrat Ghos ul Azam (RA) for his blessings and prayers for a son.
Hazrat said I have one more son yet unborn in my destiny. I give it to you. Rub your back against mine and name him when born Mohammad Mohiyuddin (The Reviver of Religion). He would rise up to be a Qutub of his time.
The child was eventually born and was named accordingly. He became a great philosopher and attained high spiritual advancement. He gained the title of Sheikh al Akbar and is commonly known as Ibn-al-Arabi.
His Doctrine (‘Aqîda)
His greatest and best-known work is his last, al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya (“The Meccan Conquests”) which begins with a statement of doctrine – translated in the present volume – about which al-Safadi said: “I saw that from beginning to end it consists in the doctrine of Abu al-Hasan al-Ash‘ari without any difference whatsoever.”
[In al-Suyuti, Tanbih al-Ghabi (p. 71).]
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“One day in
He called to them from the door, saying,
The congregation left their prayer to curse him and beat him.
Some say he died from the wounds he received on this occasion.?
…The scholars eventually had their revenge.
His grave later became the site of a garbage dump. So it remained until the Ottoman Sultan, Selim I, the Resolute, took the city of
Sultan Selim believed that Ibn `Arabi had predicted his conquest of the Near East and Egypt in an essay called "Shajarat al nu `maniyyahfi dawlat al-uth maniyyah," which described the Ottoman state long before it existed.
In that essay it was also written, "Idha dakhalas¬sinufish-shin, yash'aru qabra Muhyiddin"
("When the letter `S' enters the letter `Sh,' Muhyiddin's tomb will be discovered.")
The learned men in the Ottoman court interpreted the letter "S" as standing for Selim and the letter "Sh" as the city of
Indeed, when Selim entered
The great warrior wept and ordered a tomb and mosque built on the site.
Then he commissioned Shaikh Makki, one of the greatest theologians of the time, to write a book on Ibn `Arabi's life and works.
Shaikh Makki wrote al-Janib al-gharbifi mushkilat Ibn al `Arabi, attempting to clarify some of the misunder¬standings about Ibn `Arabi's thoughts in a language even narrow-minded people would understand. Other scholars of the time were encouraged by the sultan to write forty commentaries on the Fusus al-Hikam.
Sultan Selim also visited the mosque where the was buried in the quarter of attack that may have caused the saint's death had occurred. He found the spot where the Shaikh had said,
"The god you worship is under my feet!"
and had it excavated.
A treasure of gold coins was discovered.
Excerpt from: 
Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi What the Seeker NeedsTranslated by Tosun Bayrak al-Jerrahi al-Halveti
and Rabia Terri Harris al-Jerrahi
"The god you worship is under my feet!"
(Edited by ADHM)
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Shaykh Muhyi al-Din Ibn ‘Arabi (d. 638AH)
Ibn Arabi was not hanged
He died with Imam Al Ghazzali's Ihya Uloom ad Din in his lap.
He was in
By all accounts, he lived what he wrote in this respect, and his legacy bears eloquent testimony to it.
He died in his home in
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