Is Ibn 'Arabi: Muhyi al-Din Ibn 'Arabi, buried in Damascus, Syria?

The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is Ibn 'Arabi Muhyi al-Din Ibn 'Arabi, who is buried in Damascus, Syria, and has a shrine there which some claim is authentic? What is his methodology?

The Shaykh:
Yes, it is Ibn 'Arabi, the proponent of the Oneness of Existence. They say he is the most disbelieving person on earth because he does not distinguish between the Creator and the created, and he affirms the Oneness of Existence. He has the book *Al-Asrar* and *Al-Futuhat al-Makkiyyah*, both of which are filled with misguidance, may Allah protect us from it. So this is Ibn 'Arabi who was buried in the Levant, and a shrine was built over him, and they made him a close friend of Allah, making him one of the awliya (close friends of Allah). We ask Allah for safety.

The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is his interpretation? And he is called Ibn 'Arabi al-Tayyih al-Hatimi.

The Shaykh:
As for Ibn al-'Arabi with the definite article, he is a distinguished imam of the Maliki school. This Ibn al-'Arabi is from the Malikis, from the imams of the Malikis, and he has very beneficial writings. So distinguish between Ibn 'Arabi without the article and Ibn al-'Arabi. Yes.