ṢADAḲAH BEN ABU AL-FARAJ MUNAJJA:
Samaritan physician and philosopher; died near Damascus 1223. He was the court physician of Al-Malik al-'Adil, the Ayyubid prince, who ruled at Damascus. Ṣadaḳah was the author of: "Sharh Fuṣul Buḳraṭ" a commentary on Hippocrates; "Kitab fi al-Nafs wal-Ruḥ," on the soul and spirit; "Al-Kunz fi al-Fauz," on the unity of God; "Kitab al-I'tiḳad," on dogmatics. In addition to these works, which, according to Ibn Abi Uṣaibiah and Hajji Khalfa, are still extant in manuscript, Ṣadaḳah is said to have composed commentaries on the Pentateuch.
Bibliography:
- Hajji Khalfa, ii. 463; iv. 438; v. 165, 257;
- Drabkin, Fragmenta Commentarii ad Pentateuchum Samaritanum-Arabicum, Leipsic, 1875;
- John W. Nutt, A Sketch of Samaritan History, Dogma, and Literature, p. 138, London, 1874;
- Wreschner, Samaritanische Traditionen, p. xix., Berlin, 1888.
