阿卜杜拉来自摩洛哥南部苏斯地区的柏柏尔部落桑哈贾,是伊斯兰教马立克派的神学家。他来自加祖拉部落,名字中的父名“亚辛”实际上是古兰经中雅辛章的标题,可能是因为阿卜杜拉并非生来的穆斯林,而是后天皈依,更改父名代表抛弃家族传统[3]。早年师从学者瓦加格·本·扎卢·拉姆蒂(英语:Waggag ibn Zallu al-Lamti),在其驻地的达尔穆拉比特城堡(Dar al-Murabitin,意为“城堡战士之家”)中研学,位于今摩洛哥提兹尼特附近。1046年,戈达拉(Godala)部落的酋长叶海亚·本·易卜拉欣造访瓦加格的驻地,希望能在阿德拉地区(今毛里塔尼亚)的柏柏尔部落中间传播伊斯兰教,瓦加格将此任务交给阿卜杜拉。
^M. Brett and E. Fentress (1996), The Berbers, Oxford: Blackwell, p. 100. Revealingly, the 36th Sura begins the salutation "You are one of messengers" and the imperative duty to set people "on the straight path". Ibn Yasin's choice of name was probably not a coincidence.
^Abdallah Laroui, L'histoire du Maghreb, 1982, p.151, ISBN2-7071-1359-X.
^A. Benachenchou, 1946. Sîdî 'Abdallâh Moul l-Gâra ou 'Abdallâh ibn Yâsîn. Hespéris 33, p. 406-413.
延伸阅读
Norris, H.T. 1971. New evidence on the life of ‘Abdullah B. Yasin and the origins of the Almoravid movement. The Journal of African History, Vol. 12, No. 2 (1971), pp. 255–268.