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REVIVAL THROUGH TRADITION
The first noted religious influence on Ahmad Darwish came from "Abdallah b.
Mu!ammad b. Siddiq al-Ghumari (1910 or 1914–1993), a Moroccan of Prophetic
(Idrisi) descent from a well-established family of religious leaders in
Tangiers.9 His father was a leading Moroccan scholar of h. adith (Prophetic Tradition)
at the turn of the twentieth century who headed a (Shadhili) lodge there
named al-Zawiya al-Siddiqiyya. After early studies in Tangiers and Fes, !Abdallah
left for Cairo in 1930 to become a professor (alim) at the Azhar, Sunni Islam’s
most renowned university, where he specialized in the sciences of
h. adith. He worked for religious revival and had links to the Muslim Brotherhood
and several related organisations. Because of these links, he was imprisoned from
1959 to 1969 like many other Muslim Brothers. He resumed his teaching and
writing after his release, and at the end of his life returned to Tangiers, where he
died.
"Abdallah al-Ghumari was as staunch a supporter of Islamic revival based in
the Prophetic Tradition as he remained committed to his Maliki and #ufi heritage.
In other words, unlike more radical reformers, he did not use Prophetic
Tradition to question the juridical and ethical/mystical heritage that centuries of
scholastic learning had produced. He therefore opposed the fundamentalist
The first noted religious influence on Ahmad Darwish came from "Abdallah b.
Mu!ammad b. Siddiq al-Ghumari (1910 or 1914–1993), a Moroccan of Prophetic
(Idrisi) descent from a well-established family of religious leaders in
Tangiers.9 His father was a leading Moroccan scholar of h. adith (Prophetic Tradition)
at the turn of the twentieth century who headed a (Shadhili) lodge there
named al-Zawiya al-Siddiqiyya. After early studies in Tangiers and Fes, !Abdallah
left for Cairo in 1930 to become a professor (alim) at the Azhar, Sunni Islam’s
most renowned university, where he specialized in the sciences of
h. adith. He worked for religious revival and had links to the Muslim Brotherhood
and several related organisations. Because of these links, he was imprisoned from
1959 to 1969 like many other Muslim Brothers. He resumed his teaching and
writing after his release, and at the end of his life returned to Tangiers, where he
died.
"Abdallah al-Ghumari was as staunch a supporter of Islamic revival based in
the Prophetic Tradition as he remained committed to his Maliki and #ufi heritage.
In other words, unlike more radical reformers, he did not use Prophetic
Tradition to question the juridical and ethical/mystical heritage that centuries of
scholastic learning had produced. He therefore opposed the fundamentalist