ABSTRACT
‘Abd al-Ḥaqq ibn Ibrāhīm Muḥammad ibn Naṣr was a Sufi philosopher of Andalusia, known in Christian Europe for his replies to questions sent to him by Frederick II, ruler of Sicily. He is commonly called Ibn Sab‘īn, and sometimes Quṭb al-Dīn (the pole of religion) or Abū Muḥammad. Ibn Sab‘īn was of Arab extraction and came from a distinguished background. He was born in 614/1217 in Valle de Ricote, Murcia. There he studied Arabic language and literature, Islamic theology, Mālikī jurisprudence, logic and philosophy. He became a Sufi and won many followers.
