al-Marashi, Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr
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- 1145 AH
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Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr al-Marashi (d. 1145 AH / 1732 CE), widely known as Sajaqli Zadah (or Sačaqli Zadah), was a Hanafi jurist, Sufi, Quranic exegete, and scholar of rational and religious disciplines from Marash, best known for his educational treatise Tartib al-Ulum ("The Classification of the Sciences") .
Life and Career
Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr al-Marashi originated from the city of Marash . He embarked on an educational journey that brought him to Damascus, where he met the scholar and mystic Shaykh Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulusi and initiated into the Sufi path under his instruction . Following his studies, he returned to Marash, where he served as an imam at the town's congregational mosque and led a regular study circle to teach students .
Al-Marashi was a prolific author who produced approximately thirty treatises and books covering various fields of learning . Among his notable compositions are Juhd al-Muqill on Quranic phonetic articulation (tajwid) and Taqrir al-Qawanin al-Mutadawalah on the rules of dialectics and argumentation (adab al-bahth wa-al-munazarah) .
Death
Al-Marashi died in Marash in 1145 AH (1732 CE) and was buried south of the town . Other biographical accounts place his death in 1150 AH (1737 CE) .
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Tartib al-Ulum (The Classification of the Sciences) is a treatise on pedagogical methodology and the classification of Islamic and rational disciplines. Designed as an educational reform manual for students of knowledge, it examines instructional methods, categorizes beneficial sciences, and outlines a recommended sequential curriculum for study.