Musa Ibn Maimun and his Role in Public Life in the Ayyubid for the Years (range 530-601 AH)

Author:
Mohamed Hadi Attia, Saray Delphi
Level:
Master
Field of study:
Islamic History
Language:
Arabic
Faculty:
Faculty of History
Year:
2021
Publisher:
URD Press
Supervisor(s):
Ruhollah Foroughi

Musa Ibn Maymunذ played an important role in various aspects of public life; He greatly influenced Judaism. He changed many of the Jewish hereditary customs at his own discretion, which led to the intense hostility of some of his contemporary Jewish rabbis to him, who is considered one of the most important innovators of Jewish law, because he The news was Jewish.

 The religion of Islam had a clear influence on Musa ibn Maimun, who forced him to convert Judaism to Islam, because Musa ibn Maimun converted to Islam when the monotheists arrived in Cordoba and returned to Judaism after settling in Egypt. At the time of his conversion to Islam, Ibn Maimun performed the rituals of the religion of Islam, recited prayers and the Qur’an, performed the Taraweeh prayer, and practiced the jurisprudence of the Maliki religion.

Moses Ibn Maimon was elected head of the Jewish tribe in Egypt and remained in that position until his death. He has written many religious and scientific works in Arabic and Hebrew, and orientalists cite his works without referring to the original sources. He practiced medicine only by studying medical books and was the best physician of his time and wrote many works that doctors after him cited and considered it as a valuable source of medicine.

Musa Ibn Maimun played a prominent political role during the Ayyubid period, and in addition to being a physician to the royal family, he was an adviser to Salahuddin Ayoubi, advising him to eliminate the Yemeni Shiites and using his position and closeness to Salahuddin, and the Jewish rule. Established in Palestine and issued a decree inviting Jews from all over the world to settle in the city of Jerusalem; He is the true founder of the Jewish state in Jerusalem.