Abd Allah ibn Abbas ibn Siddiq | |
|---|---|
عبد الله بن عباس بن صديق | |
| Hanafi Mufti of Mecca | |
| In office c. 1894 – 4 November 1907 | |
| Preceded by | Abd ar-Rahman Siraj |
| Succeeded by | Abd Allah Siraj |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1853/1854 |
| Died | (1907-11-04)4 November 1907 Sana'a,Yemen Vilayet, Ottoman Empire |
‘Abd Allāh ibn ‘Abbās ibn Ṣiddīq al-Ḥanafī al-Makkī (Arabic:عبد الله بن عباس بن صديق الحنفي المكي; 1853/1854 – 4 November 1907) was the penultimateHanafiMufti ofMecca.
Abd Allah ibn Abbas ibn Ja'far ibn Abbas ibn Muhammad ibn Siddiq was born in Mecca in 1270 AH (1853/1854). Aftermemorizing the Qur'an he began seeking knowledge. He studied mostly under his father, whose lectures he attended infiqh,hadith, andtafsir, and from whom he receivedijazah.[1][2][3] He also learned from Sayyid Ahmad Dahlan and Shaykh Yusuf al-Kharbuti, and he read themusalsal bi'l-awwaliyah from Shaykh Abu al-Khudayr Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Misri.[2][4] He received permission to teach in theMasjid al-Haram.[4]
In 1311 (1893/1894)[1] or 1312 (1894/1895)[4] he was appointed Mufti of the Hanafis by Sharif Awn ar-Rafiq, on the condition that for assistance he consult with his father Shaykh Abbas and with Shaykh Ahmad Abu al-Khayr Mirdad, who had declined the Sharif's offer to take the post.[1]
In 1907, at the request ofSultan Abd al-Hamid, Sharif Ali sent a delegation ofulema toYemen, including Abd Allah, Shaykh al-Ulama Muhammad Sa'id Babasil, Shaykh Salih Kamal, and Shaykh Muhammad Khayyat, with the aim of convincingImam Yahya to end hisjihad against theOttoman state. Shaykh Abd Allah did not return; he died inSana'a at 2 a.m. on Monday, 27 Ramadan 1325 (4 November 1907) while reciting Qur'an.[1][2][3]
He had two sons, Mahdi and Bakr, neither of whom followed him in becoming a student of religion.[1]