Muhammad Abu Khubza

Abu Uways
Personal
Born
Muhammad Abu Khubza al-Hasani

(1932-07-30)30 July 1932
Died30 January 2020(2020-01-30) (aged 87)
Tetouan, Morocco
ReligionIslam
NationalityMoroccan
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceZahiri[1]

Abu Uways Muhammad Abu Khubza al-Hassani (Arabic: مُحَمَّد بن الأَمِين بُوخُبْزَة الْحسْنِيُّ; July 30, 1932 – January 30, 2020)[2][failed verification] was a Moroccan Muslim theologian, jurist, bibliographer and linguist. His name has variantly been spelled "Bukhabza," "Boukhabza," Bu Khabza," and "Bu Khubza."

Life

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Abu Khubza was born on the 26th of Rabi' al-awwal in the year 1351 according to the Islamic calendar, corresponding to the 30th of July in 1932 Gregorian.[2][failed verification]

Works

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Abu Khubza produced a detailed library catalog for the Tétouan branch of the Bibliothèque Générale et Archives, Morocco's national library.[3]

Original works

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  • Fihris makhtutat khizana titwan. Tétouan: 1984. 2 vols. With al-Mahdi al-Daliru.[3]

Edited works

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  • Ibn al-Arabi, Siraj al-muhtadin fi adab al-salihin. Tétouan: Manshurat Jam'iyyat al-Ba'th al-Islami, 1992.[4]
  • Tirmidhi, Aridat al-ahwadhi bi sharh sahih al-Tirmidhi. Beirut: Dar al-Kutub al-'Ilmiyya, 1997. 8 vols.[4]

Citations

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  1. ^ "العلامة بوخبزة.. شيـخ تطـوان بنـت الأنـدلـس". February 1, 2020.
  2. ^ a b International Institute for Counter-Terrorism report, 1 January 2012.
  3. ^ a b Jonathan Glustrom Katz, Dreams, Sufism, and Sainthood: The Visionary Career of Muhammad Al-Zawâwî, pg. 205. Leiden: Brill Publishers, 1996.
  4. ^ a b The Transmission and Dynamics of the Textual Sources of Islam: Essays in Honor of Harald Motzki, pg. 83. Eds. Nicolet Boekhoff-van der Voort, Kees Versteegh and Joas Wagemakers. Leiden: Brill Publishers, 2011.