The Poetry of Sumnun Al-Muhibb -Collection and Classification

The growth of ascetic poetry in the third century AH was steady until its poets multiplied, and its star rose among the themes of poetry, and the names of its poets began to be repeated in literary gatherings, and among these poets was Sumnoon Al-Muhib, who stood out among them at that time by following the doctrine of Sufi love, but the scarcity of his poetry limited the spread of his mention later, in addition to the loss of his mind in the last years of his life, so hebecame considered one of the forgotten ascetic poets, and this study attempted to collect the poetry attributed to him from the sources of books and verify its narration, which was mixed with the narrations of many texts of asceticism and Sufism in the Abbasid era, and to introduce him, and to present a brief study of his poetry that highlights its most important characteristics.