17234271-Saykh-al-Akbar-Ibn-Arabī-brief-biography

4. Ab┴ Ya╒y┐ al-╗anh┐j┘
5. Ab┴ ‘Abd All┐h Ibn Qass┴m
6. Ab┴ ‘Abd All┐h al-Sharaf┘
7. Ab┴ ‘Abb┐s al-Kashsh┐b
8. Ab┴ ‘Imr┐n al-M┘rtul┘
9. ╗┐li╒ al-‘Adaw┘
10. ‘Abd al-‘Aziz al-Mahdaw┘
11. ‘Abd All┐h al-Mawr┴r┘
12. Ab┴ Madyan al-Ghawth
Detail about his masters and their relationship with Ibn ‘Arab┘ can be found in R┴╒
al-Quds, Durrat al-F┐khira and Fut┴╒┐t al-Makkiyya.
MEETINGS WITH KHI╕R
Factually speaking, Shaykh al-‘Uryab┘ initiated Ibn ‘Arab┘’s contact with Khi╔r in
Seville, when he was only a youth. Ibn ‘Arab┘ says: “I met Khi╔r in Q┴s al-haniyya in
Seville, and he said to me: “Accept what the Shaykh says!” I immediately turned to the
Shaykh [‘Uryab┘] and before I spoke he said: “O Mu╒ammad, does that mean that every
time you contradict me, I will have to ask Khi╔r to instruct you in submission to the
masters” I replied: “Master, was that person Khi╔r” He answered: “Yes!” (I, 331; Addas
63). That was his first meeting with Khi╔r. Later Ibn ‘Arab┘ met Khi╔r several times. In
1193 at the age of 28 Ibn ‘Arab┘ visited Tunis and the main intention behind this visit was
to meet with the great disciples of Ab┴ Madyan, notably ‘Abd al-‘Aziz al-Mahdaw┘ and Ab┴
Mu╒ammad ‘Abdall┐h al-Kin┐n┘. He stayed there for less than a year during which he
realized the station of pure servant-hood and the Muhammadian inheritance. On return
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