ʿAbāṭa, Muḥammad Ḥasan - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" ʿAbāṭa, Muḥammad Ḥasan - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Hoffman, Valerie J.

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1062951
Doc. NO	:	ALei3348
Main Entry	:	Hoffman, Valerie J.
Title & Author	:	ʿAbāṭa, Muḥammad Ḥasan - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Hoffman, Valerie J.
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(750 words)
Abstract	:	Muḥammad Ḥasan ʿAbāṭa (d. 1941) was an Egyptian Ṣūfī and patron saint of Bayt ʿAbāṭa, an Egyptian branch of the Rifāʿiyya, a Ṣūfī order founded in lower Iraq by Aḥmad b. ʿAlī al-Rifāʿī (d. 578/1182). ʿAbāṭa is recognised as a majdhūb (lit. “attracted”, a term referring to an eccentric, ecstatic, and love-maddened mystic). ʿAbāṭa (“stupidity”) is a nickname attributed to Muḥammad Ḥasan because of his foolishness during his years of jadhba (“attraction”), a mental derangement resulting from the shock of mystical revelation. He wore his hair long
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei3348.pdf