محمّدِ فضل، ملامتي ِگمنام

Mohammad Ibn-Fadl: A Little Known Mystic of Malamat

اين مقاله به معرّفي محمّد فضل از مشايخ گمنام ملامتيه قرن سوّم هجري مي‌پردازد. بدين منظور با استفاده از منابع كهن، به روش تحليل تاريخي درباره نام، زادگاه، خانواده، تاريخ وفات، مذهب فقهي، آثار، مصاحبان، راويان و سفرهاي او آگاهي‌هايي به دست داده مي‌شود و ماخذ كهن حكايتي از وي ـ كه در مثنوي مولوي بدون ذكر نام او آمده ـ معرّفي مي‌گردد.

This article attempts to introduce Mohammad Ibn-Fadl, one of the little known mystics of Malamat in the third century (A.H.). To this end, the author uses old sources in his historical method of analysis, providing information about his name, hometown, family, date of death, religion and jurisprudence, works, companions, narrators and travels. An older source of a story about him, as narrated in Mowlavi, s Mathnavi without direct reference to him, is also introduced.