Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ - Shams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi - (19/422)

Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

244 – Ibn Ḥamdīn, Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz

The erudite scholar and Chief Judge, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Ḥamdīn al-Andalusī, a Mālikī jurist, was a polymath of broad learning and the author of several works.

He was appointed to the judiciary by the king Yūsuf ibn Tāshfīn and discharged that office with exemplary conduct. He also transmitted knowledge from his father.

Among those who narrated from him was Qāḍī ʿIyāḍ, who held him in high esteem and said, “He died in 508 AH, having served as the judge of Cordoba.” Ibn Ḥamdīn possessed licences to transmit from Abū ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-Barr and Abū al-ʿAbbās ibn Dilhāth. He studied law with his father, with Muḥammad ibn ʿAṭṭāb, and with Ḥātim ibn Muḥammad. Exceptionally intelligent, he excelled in knowledge, mastered multiple disciplines, and was outstanding in legal theory, linguistics, and poetry (1); his judicial rulings were laudable.

He passed away in Muḥarram, with three days remaining in the month—on the twenty-seventh—at the age of sixty-nine.

He strongly criticised Imām Abū Ḥāmid for his approach to Sufism and composed a refutation of him.

(*) As-Sila by Ibn Bashkuwal, 2 / 570; Tarikh al-Islam, 4 / 191 / 1; Nafh at-Tib, 3 / 537, 539; al-Ghunya, 116–117. (1) Nafh at-Tib, 4 / 76: Abu Imran Ibn Sa id relates that his father visited Ibn Hamdin in Cordoba during the time of Yahya b. Ghaniya. He found him encircled by scholars and men of letters; Ibn Hamdin rose to welcome him and said, “Abu Abd Allah, why this estrangement?” I excused myself, saying that I feared to impose and knew that my master was absorbed in his work. He lowered his head briefly and then recited: “If you truly loved us you would seek our meeting; a lover cannot bear separation from the beloved. So abandon excuses— they are but a veil for a pretender, and I will not excuse you.” I replied, “My master’s confirmation is dearer to me, even though I may incur blame for defending my right.” He admired my answer and said, “Repeat it, for by Allah, it effaces every sin …”

٢٤٤ - ابْنُ حَمْدِيْنَ مُحَمَّدُ بنُ عَلِيِّ بنِ مُحَمَّدِ بنِ عَبْدِ العَزِيْزِ * العَلاَّمَةُ، قَاضِي الجَمَاعَةِ، أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بنُ عَلِيِّ بنِ مُحَمَّدِ بنِ عَبْدِ العَزِيْزِ بنِ حَمْدِيْنَ الأَنْدَلُسِيّ، المَالِكِيُّ، صَاحِبُ فُنُوْنٍ وَمَعَارِفَ وَتَصَانِيفَ. وَلِيَ القَضَاءَ ليُوْسُفَ بنِ تَاشفِيْن الْملك، فَسَارَ أَحْسَنَ سِيرَةٍ، وَحَمَلَ عَنْ أَبِيْهِ. رَوَى عَنْهُ: القَاضِي عِيَاضٌ وَعظَّمه، وَقَالَ: تُوُفِّيَ سَنَةَ ثَمَانٍ وَخَمْسِ مائَة، وَلِيَ قَضَاءَ قُرْطُبَة، وَلَهُ إِجَازَةٌ مِنْ أَبِي عُمَرَ بن عَبْد البَرِّ، وَأَبِي العَبَّاسِ بن دِلْهَاث، وَتَفَقَّهَ بِأَبِيْهِ، وَبِمُحَمَّدِ بنِ عَتَّابٍ، وَحَاتِمِ بنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، وَكَانَ ذَكِيّاً، بارعاً فِي العِلْمِ، مُتَفنِّناً أُصُوْلياً، لُغويّاً، شَاعِراً (١) ، حَمِيْدَ الأَحكَامِ. مَاتَ: فِي المُحَرَّمِ، لِثَلاَثٍ بَقِيْنَ مِنْهُ، عَنْ تِسْعٍ وَسِتِّيْنَ سَنَةً. وَكَانَ يَحُطُّ عَلَى الإِمَامِ أَبِي حَامِدٍ فِي طَرِيقَة التَّصَوُّفِ، وَأَلَّف فِي الرَّدِّ عَلَيْهِ.

(*) الصلة لابن بشكوال: ٢ / ٥٧٠، تاريخ الإسلام: ٤ / ١٩١ / ١، نفح الطيب: ٣ / ٥٣٧، ٥٣٩، الغنية: ١١٦، ١١٧. (١) في " نفح الطيب ": ٤ / ٧٦: وقال أبوعمران بن سعيد: أخبرني والدي أنه زار ابن حمدين بقرطبة في مدة يحيى بن غانية، قال: فوجدته في هالة من العلماء والأدباء، فقام وتلقاني، ثم قال: يا أبا عبد الله ما هذا الجفاء؟ فاعتذرت بأني أخشى التثقيل، وأعلم أن سيدي مشغول بما هو مكب عليه، فأطرق قليلا، ثم قال: لو كنت تهوانا طلبت لقاءنا * ليس المحب عن الحبيب بصابر فدع المعاذر إنما هو جنة * لمخادع فيها ولست بعاذر فقلت: تصديق سيدي عندي أحب إلي وإن ترتبت علي فيه الملامة من منازعته منتصرا لحقي، فاستحسن جوابي، وقال لي: كرره فإنه والله ماح لكل ذنب ...