Abd Allah al-Ghumari عبد الله الغماري

Abd Allah al-Ghumari, rahimahullah - full name Shaykh Abu al-Fadl Abd Allah al-Siddiq al-Ghumari - was a distinguished hadith scholar, jurist, and theologian of the twentieth century. Born in 1328 AH (1910 CE) in the city of Tangier, Morocco, he was the son of the grand scholar Abu Abd Allah Shams al-Din Muhammad and brother to the hadith master al-Hafidh Abu al-Fayd Ahmad al-Siddiq al-Ghumari and Shaykh Abd al-Aziz al-Siddiq al-Ghumari. At his father's instruction, he traveled to Fez to study at the University of al-Qarawiyyin, where he studied the major classical texts under the renowned scholars of his time. During his stay in Fez he encountered al-Sayyid Muhammad ibn Jafar al-Kattani and received authorization to narrate from al-Sayyid Mahdi al-Azuzi. He subsequently continued his studies at al-Azhar University in Egypt. He is credited with having had over fifty teachers and is thought to have compiled over sixty scholarly works.