Aisha bint Yusuf Ba'uniya Was A Mentor And Sufi

Aisha bint Yusuf Ba'uniya was a Mentor and Sufi 

poet, she was the first female Sufi poet of the Middle Ages,   she is rightly the woman who wrote more Arabic poetry than any other woman of the twentieth century,  her  The literary prowess, mystical inclination of his family is clearly reflected in the writings.  She was born in Damascus and died there, although her original homeland is the city of "Ba'aun" in Jordan, called Ba'auniya because of its affinity with the city.

 Aisha Al-Bawniyyah (Arabic: Aisha Bint Yusuf Al-Bawniyyah) Personal Information

 Born 1460 Damascus Died 21 December 1516 (age 55–56) Damascus Practical Life Profession 

Writer, Poet, Writer Mother Tongue Arabic Professional Language 

Arabic Movement Sufism

 Living Conditions

 Aisha's father Yusuf (born 805/1402 Quds, died 880/1475 Damascus) was a Qazi al-Qada of Safad, Tribulus, Aleppo and Damascus and an important member of his famous family "Ba'oni".  He was considered among the famous scholars, jurists and poets of the fifteenth century AD.  Ayesha Baauniyya received her early education and training from her respected father and other learned men of the family, read the Qur'an, Hadith, Fiqh and poetry from them, and had memorized the Qur'an before the age of eight. Aisha met and received spiritual blessings from the Sufi Jamal al-Din Ismail Hawari and his caliph Mohi al-Din Yahya and Mawi, both famous and great murshids of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. In the year 1475 AD, Ayesha Ba'uniya traveled to Mecca and performed Hajj. Aisha Ba'uniyah was married to Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Naqeeb Ashraf (d. 909/1503), from the famous scholarly family "Alid" of Damascus.  They were blessed with two children, a boy Abdul Wahab and a girl.

 In Cairo

 According to the year 919 Hijri, in 1513 AD, Aisha and her sons migrated from Damascus to Cairo, then returned to Damascus in 923 AH/1517 AD.came  The purpose of going to Egypt was to protect the son's field of practice, on the way he was robbed by a band of bandits near "Balbis" and took away all his belongings, including Aisha's books.  In Cairo, the mother and son were at a banquet for Mahmud bin Muhammad bin Aja, the special confidant and foreign minister of the Mamluk Sultan al-Ashraf Qansuh Ghori.  Ibn Ajah helped Ayesha a lot to be included in the academic and intellectual circles, Ayesha even wrote a eulogy for him.  In Cairo, Aisha studied law, received a license to teach law and issue Shariah rulings (fatwas), and became a jurist.

 Death

 According to the year 922 A.H., in 1516, after the defeat of Sultan Al-Ashraf Qansuh Ghori in the Battle of Marj Dabiq in Aleppo, Aisha, her son, Ibn Aja, Shams Safiri and other scholars left Cairo.  It was an extraordinary accident of his life.  Aisha returned to Damascus, where she died in 1517 AD according to the year 923 AH.

 Academic Achievements

 Ayesha Ba'uniya is the most prolific woman writer of the 20th century, according to Thomas Emile Homren most of Ayesha's works are still unknown, yet the works that have come to light include:

•  Diwan al-Bawniyyah
•  Darr al-Ghais in the sea of ​​miracles and characteristics
•  Al-Fath al-Haqqi min Faih al-Talqi
•  Al-Fath al-Mubin fi Madh al-Amin
•  Al-Fath al-Qarib fi Miraj Al-Habib
•  Faiz-ul-Fazl and Jam-ul-Shamal
•  Faiz al-Wafa fi Asmaa al-Mustafa
•  Al-Isharat al-Khifia fi Manazil al-Alia
•  Help Al-Wudud per Mauld Al-Mahmud
•  Al-Muhamil al-Sharifah fi Al-Aqtir al-Latifah
•  Al-Mawdir Al-Ahni fi Al-Mawlid Al-Asni
•  Elected per the principle of rank
•  Al-Qol al-Sahih fi Thammis Bardat al-Madih
•  Salat-e-Salam fi Fazl-e-Salaat wa Salam
•  The benefits of meditation per poem
•  Al-Zubadah fi Thammis al-Barda