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- Biographies of Scholars, Saints and Notables
- Bio: Hajjah Farizah Al-Rabbat
- Bio: Imam Ahmad Raza Khan
- Bio: Imam al-Shurubulali
- Bio: Imam Al-Ghazali
- Bio: The Wafa’i Masters
- Bio: The Kettani Family
- Bio: Habib ibn al-`Ajami
- Bio: Salman al-Farisi
- Bio: Dihya al-Kalbi
- Bio: Jamil Buthayna
- Bio: Sh. Ahmad ibn ‘Uqbah al-Hadrami
- Bio: Sh. Dawud ibn Makhila (al-Bakhili)
- Bio: Sh. Ahmad ibn Ajiba
- Bio: Sh. Makin al-Din al-Asmar
- Bio: Sh. Yaqut al-`Arshi
- Bio: Sh. Abul Mawahib al-Shadhili
- Bio: Sh. ´Umar ibn al-Farid
- Bio: Sh. Ahmad al-Badawi
- Bio: Imam al-Sha’rani
- Bio: Imam Ibn Daqiq al-Id
- Bio: Sh. Abd al-‘Aziz al-Dabbagh
- Bio: Sh. Shams al-Din al-Hanafi
- Bio: Sh. Muhammad al-Harraq
- Bio: Sh. Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Buzidi
- Bio: Sh. Ibrahim al-Desuqi al-Husayni
- Bio: Sh. ´Ali al-Khawas
- Bio: Mawlay Idris II – The Founder of Fas
- Bio: Sh. Ahmad Habbal
- Bio: Sh. Shukri al-Luhafi
- Bio: Sh. Muhammad ibn Yallis
- Bio: Sh Muhammad al-Hashimi
- Bio: Abu Dharr al-Ghafari
- Bio: ‘Amr ibn al-‘As
- Bio: Sh. Yahya Qadiri
- Bio: Abu al-Bayan
- Bio: Abu al-Ma`ali al-Nisaburi
- Bio: Sh. Badr al-Din al-Hasani
- Bio: Al-Qurtubi
- Bio: Sh-. `Abd al-Rahman al-`Attar al-Madani
- Bio: Sh. `Ala al-Din bin Muhammad`Abidin
- Bio: `Awf ibn Malik al-Ashja´i
- Bio: Sh. Muhammad Amin `Abidin (Ibn `Abidin)
- The `Abidin Family
- Bio: Sh. Muhammad Abul Yusr `Abidin al-Husayni
- Bio: Imam Al-Bayhaqi
- Bio: `Abd al-Malik b. Marwan
- Bio: Ibn `Asakir al-Dimashqi al-Shafi`i al-Ash`ari
- Bio: ‘Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak
- Bio: Al-Farazdaq
- Bio: Aws b. Aws al-Thaqafi
- Bio: `Abd Allah b. Ja`far b. Abi Talib
- Bio: `Abd Allah b. Ja`far al-Sadiq
- Bio: IMAM ABU AL-HASAN AL-ASH`ARI
- Bio: Bilal ibn Ribâh al-Habashî
- Bio: `Abd Al-Qahir Al-Baghdadi
- Bio: Imam Sharaf al-Din al-Busiri
- Bio: Sh. Ibrahim al-Yaqoubi
- Bio: Sh. Sharif al-Yaqoubi
- Bio: The Yaqoubi Masters
- Bio: Darar b. al-Azwar al-Asadi
- Bio: Sh. Ahmad al-Rifa´i
- Bio: Sh. Muhammad al-Yaqoubi
- Bio: Abu Muslim al-Khawlani
- Bio: Sh. `Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza’iri
- Bio: Abu Shamah al-Maqdisi
- Bio: Sh. Muhammad ibn Mas´ud al-Fasi
- Bio: Abu Sulayman al-Darani
- Bio: Imam Abu Hanifa
- Bio: Abu Nu’aym Al-Asbahani
- Bio: Sh. Muhammad al-Mubarak al-Hasani
- Bio: Abul Dahdâh al-Salihi
- Bio: Imam Al-Junayd Al-Baghdadi
- Bio: Abu Darda
- Bio: Imam Sari Al-Saqati
- Bio: Sh. Ismail al-Yaqoubi
- Bio: Imam Ahmad Zarruq
- Bio: Imam al-Nawawi
- Bio: Sh. Abul Hassan ´Ali ibn Hirzihum
- Bio: Imam al-Jazuli
- Bio: Sh. Muhammad al-Tayyib al-Hasani
- Bio: Sh. Ibn `Ata Allah al-Sakandari
- Bio: Nur al-Din b. Zanki
- Bio: Sh. Muhammad ibn Hasan ibn Hamza Zhafir al-Madani
- Bio: Sh. Ahmad b. Badr al-Din al-Hanafi
- Bio: Sh. Muhammad Zhafir (the son)
- Bio: Sh. Abul-‘Abbas al-Mursi
- Bio: Sh. Ahmad al-Tabrizi al-Hanafi
- Bio: Imam Abul Hasan al-Shadhili
- Bio: Abu Ayyub al Ansari
- Bio: Imam al-Tirmidhi
- Bio: Imam al-Awza´i
- Bio: Abu Shayba al Khudri
- Bio: Imam al-Dirqawi al-Hasani
- Bio: Sh. ‘Ali Jamal al-‘Amrani
- Bio: Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi
- Bio: Moulay ‘Abd al-Salam ibn Mashish
- Bio: `Abd al-Rahman al-`Ayni
- Bio: Abu Bakr al-`Arudiki
- Bio: Al-Qutb Abu Madyan Shu`ayb – القطب أبو مدين شعيب
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- Bio: Imam Al-Suyuti
- Bio: Sh. Shihab al-Din ´Umar al-Suhrawardi
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Bio: ‘Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak
أبو عبد الرحمن عبد الله بن المبارك
b. 118 H. in Merv – d. 181 H. in Hit (736 -797 CE)
radiya Allah anhu

Bio: Abu al-Bayan
أبو البيان نبأ بن محمد بن محفوظ القرشي الدمشقي
d. 551 H. in Damascus
radiya Allah anhu
Nabâ ibn Muhammad ibn Mahfûzh al-Qurashi al-Dimashqi
Scholar of language and fiqh, murshid. He used to study shafi`i fiqh together with Sheikh Rislan in a mosque in the grand suq near Bab

Bio: Abu al-Ma`ali al-Nisaburi
أبو المعالي النيسابوري
d. 578
radiya Allah anhu
أبو المعالي نسعود بن محمد بن مسعود النيسابوري
orator, preacher, shafi`i scholar, lived in damascus, buried in the sufi graveyard
References: [Ziarat al-Sham p.334-5] – Damas Cultural Society ©

Bio: Abu Ayyub al Ansari
أبو أيوب الأنصاري
d. 54 H. in Istanbul, Turkey (674 CE) sahaba
radiya Allah anhu

Bio: Abu Bakr al-`Arudiki
born 584 – d. .. H. in Damascus
radiya Allah anhu
Of Ahl al-mahabba wa al-tawhid.
Buried at the foot of Qasiun on the western side [Ziarat al-Sham]
Damas Cultural Society ©

Bio: Abu Darda
أبو الدرداء الأنصاري الخزرجي
d. 32 H. (653 CE) in Damascus (sahabi)
radiya Allah anhu

Bio: Abu Muslim al-Khawlani
“The inburnable”
d. 62 H. in Daria, Damascus
أبو مسلم الخولاني
radiya Allah anhu

Bio: Abu Shamah al-Maqdisi
b. 599 – d. 665 in Damascus (1202-1267 CE)
الإمام عبد الرحمان بن إسماعيل بن إبراهيم عثمان المقدسي ثم الدمشقي، المعروف بأبي شامة
radiya Allah anhu

Bio: Abu Shayba al Khudri
أبو شيبة الخدري
d. 49 H. in Istanbul, Turkey (670 CE) sahabi
radiya Allah anhu

Bio: Abu Sulayman al-Darani
أبو سليمان عبد الرحمن بن عطية الداراني
(d. 215 H. in Dara near Damascus)
radiya Allah anhu
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Bio: Al-Farazdaq
الفرزدق : أبو فراس همام بن غالب بن صعصعة الدارمي التميمي
b. 38 – d. 114 H. in Basra (641 – 732 CE)
rahimahu Allah
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His work is a

Bio: Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi
أبو عبد الله محمد بن علي بن الحسين الترمذي
d. 320 H.
may Allah be pleased with him
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English
عربي

Bio: Al-Harith al-Muhasibi
أبو عبد الله الحارث بن أسد البغدادي المحاسبي
b. 165 H. in Basrah – d. 243 H. in Baghdad
may Allah be pleased with him

Bio: Aws b. Aws al-Thaqafi
أوس بن أوس الثقفي
d. towards the end of the caliphate of `Uthman (r)
radiya Allah anhu

Bio: Bilal ibn Ribâh al-Habashî
بلال بن رباح الحبشي القرشي التيمي
d. 20 or 18 or 19 H. in Damascus
radiya Allah anhu
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English

Bio: Darar b. al-Azwar al-Asadi
ضرار بن الأزور الأسدي
d. 14 or 18 H. (636/640 CE)
radiya Allah anhu
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Lineage
Dhiraar

Bio: Dihya al-Kalbi
(sahabi d. 45 H. in Damascus)
radiya Allah anhu
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Bio: Habib ibn al-`Ajami
d. in Baghdad
Habib ibn Mohammad al-‘Ajami al-Basri, a Persian settled at Basra, was a noted hadith narrator who transmitted from al-Hasan al-Basri, Ibn Sirrin, and other authorities. His conversion from a life of ease and self-indulgence was brought about by al-Hasan’s eloquence; he was a frequent attendant at his

Bio: Ibn `Asakir al-Dimashqi al-Shafi`i al-Ash`ari
b. 499 – d. 571 in Damascus
radiya Allah anhu
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Bio: Imam Abu Hanifa
الأمام الأعظم أبو حنيفة النعمان بن ثابت الكوفيّ
d. 150 in Baghdad
radiya Allah anhu
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English
The Greatest Imam Abu Hanifa
By Dr. G.F. Haddad
Al-Nu`man ibn Thabit al-Taymi, al-Imam

Bio: Imam Abul Hasan al-Shadhili
سيدي الإمام أبو الحسن الشاذلي الحسني
b. 593 – d. 656 H in Humaythira. Egypt
qaddasa Allah sirrahu
‘Ali ibn ‘ Abd Allah ibn ‘ Abd al- Jabbar ibn Tamim ibn Hurmuz ibn Hatim ibn Qusay ibn Yusuf ibn Yusha ‘ ibn Ward ibn Battal ibn Idris ibn Muhammad ibn

Bio: Imam Ahmad Raza Khan
d. 1340 H. (1921 CE.) in Bareilly, India
Imam Ahmad Raza Khan
By Mohammad Monawwar Ateeq
Imam Ahmad Raza Khan (d.1921), conventionally known as a leader of the twentieth century Ahl-e Sunnat wa Jama’at tradition (people of the Sunna and the majority) to its followers and to others as

Bio: Imam al-Awza´i
الإمام عبد الرحمن الأوزاعي
b. 88 – d. 158 H. in Beirut, Libanon (707 – 744 CE) tabi´i
radiya Allah anhu
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English
Al-Awza`i
By Dr. G.F. Haddad
`Abd

Bio: Imam al-Dirqawi al-Hasani
الشيخ السيد العربي بن أحمد الدِرقاوِي الحسني
d. 1239 H. in Rif
qaddasa Allah sirrahu
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His Shaykh was Sayyidi Sh.

Bio: Imam Al-Ghazali
(d. 505 i Tus)
radiya Allah anhu
English
عربي
His Khalwa in the Umawi mosque
He lived for some time in Damascus, and used the western