Biographies of Islamic Scholars, Saints and Notables
Table of Bios
Chronological: century Hijri
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| Amir al-Mu’minin Abu Bakr al-Siddiq | gfh | 1st of the Rightly guided khalifas |
d. 13 H. | Madina | |
 | Sayyiduna Darar b. al-Azwar al-Asadi (sahabi) “The naked warrior” | damas | | d. 14? H. | Damascus |
| Dirar b. al-Azwar al-Asadi (sahabi) | damas | → “The naked warrior” |
d.14? H. | Damascus | |
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Khalid b. Sa`id (sahabi) Salama b. Hisham (sahabi) |
d. 14 H | Damascus | |
| Sa`d b. `Ibadah (sahabi) | d. 14 H | Damascus Mliha | |
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Harmala b. Wa’il (sahabi) Jâbir b.Mas`ud (sahabi) |
d. 14 H | Damascus Masjid Shuhada |
| Shurahbil b. Hasanah (sahabi) | d. 18 H. | Damascus | |
| al-`Abbas b. Mardas Abi `Amir al-Salmi (sahabi) son of Khansa’ the poetress |
d. 18 H. | Damascus | |
| Yazid b. Abi Sufyan (sahabi) | damas | | d. 18 or 19 H | Damascus | |
 | Sayyiduna Bilal ibn Ribâh al-Habashî (sahabi) بلال بن رباح الحبشي القرشي التيمي (sahabi) | damas | | d. 20 or 18 or 19 H. | Damascus |
| Hafaf b. Nadb (sahabi) cousin of Khansa’ | damas | |
d. 20 H | Damascus | |
| Amir al-Mu’minin ´Umar b. al-Khattab 2nd of the Rightly guided khalifas | gfh | |
d. 24 H | Madina | |
| Sahl b. al-Hanzhaliah (sahabi ) | d. ~ 30 H | Damascus | |
 | Sayyiduna Abu Darda (sahabi) سيدنا أبو الدرداء عويمر بن عامر الأنصاري الخزرجي | alim online | damas | | d. 32 H. | Damascus |
| ´Abd Allah b. Mas´ud (sahabi) | awhamid | | d. 33/34 H | Madina | |
 | Sayyiduna Aws b. Aws al-Thaqafi (sahabi) أوس بن أوس الثقفي d. towards the end of the caliphate of `Uthman◌ؓ | damas | | d. H. | Damascus |
| Amir al-Mu’minin ´Uthman b. al-´Affan (sahabi) 3rd of the Rightly guided khalifas | gfh | |
d. 35 H | Madina | |
| Khawla bint al-Azwar (sahabiyyah or tabi`iyya) | d. 35 H | Damascus | |
 | Sayyiduna Salmān al-Fārisi (sahabi) سيدنا سَلْمان الفارِسِي | naqshbandi | awhamid | | d. 33/35 H. | uncertain |
| Amir al-Mu’minin ´Ali ibn Abi Talib | gfh | 4th of the Rightly guided khalifas the Lion of Allah, Door to the City of Knowledge, Subduer of Khaybar, Imam of Imams, Abu Turab, Prince of the Believers may Allah ennoble his face |
d. 40 H. | Kufa | |
 | Sayyiduna 'Amr ibn al-As (sahabi) عمرو بن العاص | b. - d. 43 H. | Makka - Cairo |
 | Sayyiduna Dihya al-Kalbi (sahabi) سيدنا دِحْيَة بْن خَلِيفَة ٱلْكَلْبِيّ | d. 45 H. | Damascus |
 | Sayyiduna Abu Shayba al Khudri (sahabi) سيدنا أبو شيبة الخدري Milk brother of the Prophet ﷺ | d. 49 H. | Constantinopel (Istanbul) |
| Sayyiduna al-Hasan ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib (sahabi) 5th of the Rightly guided khalifasthe First of the Qutbs, Master of the People of Islam, Grandson of the Beloved of Allah |
d. 50 H. | al-Madina buried in al-Baqi’ |
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| Hujr b. `Adî and his companions (sahabis) | damas | | d. 51 H. | outside Damascus | |
 | Sayiduna Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (sahabi) سيدنا أبو أيوب الأنصاري | awhamid | | d. 52/54 H. | Constantinopel (Istanbul) |
| Fadâlatu b. `Ubayd (sahabi) | damas | | d. 53 H | Damascus | |
 | Sayyiduna 'Uqba b. 'Amir al-Juhani (sahabi) سيدنا عقبة بن عامر الجهني | b. 15 - d. 58 H. | Cairo |
 | Mu'awiya b. Abi Sufiyan معاوية بن أبي سفيان Sahabi | damas | | b. 15 - d. 60 H. | Makka - Damascus |
 | Sayyid Al-Husayn b. 'Ali b. Abi Talib (sahabi) السيد الحسين بن علي بن أبي طالب Sayyid al-Shuhada, Grandson of the Beloved of Allah ﷺ | b. 4 - d. 61 H. | Madina - Karbala ∇ |
 | Sayyida Zeynab bint 'Ali b. Abi Talib (sahabiyya) السيدة زينب بنت علي بن أبي طالب Granddaughter of the Beloved of Allah ﷺ | damas | | b. 6 - d. 62 H. | Madina - Cairo |
| Sayyiduna 'Awf ibn Malik al-Ashja´i (sahabi) عَوْفِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ الأَشْجَعِيِّ | damas | | d. 73 H. | Damascus | |
| Wâthilah b. al-Asqa` (sahabi) | damas | | d. 83 H | Damascus | |
 | Sayyiduna Abu Dharr al-Ghafari أبو ذر الغفاري visited Damascus | damas | | ||
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Abu `Ubayda b. Jarrah | damas | wiki | awhamid (sunnah) | visited Damascus |
d. 18 H. (640 CE) | Jordan |
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Sham`ûn b. Khanâfah (sahabi) Rauq b. Dathar (sahabi) Jabal b. Mu`adh (sahabi) Ibân b. Ibân (sahabi) Abu Barz al-Azlami (sahabi) Umm Maktum (sahabiya) |
undated | Damascus | |
| Sahaba – (place of burial disputed): `AbdAllah ibn Mas`ud `Abd al-Rahman b. Abu Bakr al-Siddiq Abu b. Ka`b Kanâz al-Ghanawi `Amir b. Malik, brother of Sa`d b. Abi Waqqas |
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| Wives of the Prophet (s) Hafsa Umm Habiba | aa | Umm Salamah | awhamid | |
Damascus Bab Saghir | ||
| Fidda (servant of Fatima Zahra) | Damascus Bab Saghir | ||
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| Abu Idris al-Khawlani (tabi`i) | damas | | d. 80 | Damascus | |
 | Sayyiduna Jamil b. ´AbdAllah b. Ma´mar (tabi´i) known as Jamil Buthayna | damas | | d. 82 H. | Egypt |
| Zayn al-‘Abidin Ali ibn al-Husayn (tabi’i) | 94 | Madina Baqi’ | |
| أبو مسلم الخولاني | |||
| [field bio-name-ar id=”2200″] Abu Muslim al-Khawlani (tabi`i) | damas | → | d. …H. | Damascus | |
 | أبو الوليد عبد الملك بن مروان بن الحكم بن أبي العاص بن أمية القرشي | ||
| [field bio-name-ar id=”854″] `Abd al-Malik b. Marwan | damas | → | d. 87 H. | Damascus | |
| Sa’id b. al-Musayyab (tabi’i) | abewley | | d. 94 H. | Madina | |
| al-Walid b. `Abd al-Malik | damas | | d. 96 H. | Damascus Bab Saghir | |
| [field bio-name-ar id=”866″] `Abd Allah b. Ja`far b. Abi Talib | damas | → | d. … H. | Damascus | |
| Makhul | damas | | d. –100 H. | Damascus | |
| Mu`awiyah b. Yazid b. Mu`awiyah | damas | | d. … H. | Damascus Bab Saghir | |
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| Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz (tabi’i) [AB] “The fifth rightly guided khalifa” |
b. 63 – d. 101 H. | Madina – Halab | |
| Qasim b. Muhammad b. Abu Bakr | sunnah | bewley | one of the 7 fuqaha of Madina |
d. 107/8/9 H. | Qudayd between Madina and Makka | |
| Hasan al-Basri | gfh (damas) | | d. 110 H. | Baghdad | |
| Muhammad al-Baqir, Abu Ja’far | b. 57 – d. 114 H. | Madina | |
 | Sayyida Sakina bint Al-Husayn السيدة سكينة بنت الحسين | b. 47? - d. 117 H. | Madina - Madina |
| [field bio-name-ar id=’12181′] Al-Farazdaq | damas | → | d. 149 H. | Damascus | |
| Ja’far al-Sadiq, Abu ‘Abd Allah | b. 83 – d. 148 H. | Madina | |
| [field bio-name-ar id=”10347″] AbdAllah b. Ja`far al-Sadiq | damas | → | d. 149 H. | Damascus | |
| [field bio-name-ar id=”1838′”] Imam Abu Hanifa al-Nu’man (tabi´i) | gfh (damas) | → | b. 80 – d. 150 H. | Baghdad | |
| [field bio-name-ar id=”3002″] Al-Awza’i | gfh (damas) | → | d. 158 H. | ||
| Ibn Abi ‘Abla (tabi’i) | d. 151/2 H. | ||
| Dawud al-Ta’i | gfh | qushayri | | d. 160/165 H. | ||
| Ibrahim b. Adham | damas | | d. 161 H. | ||
| Sufyan al-Thawri | gfh damas | sunnah | “faqih of the Sufis” Sufian al-Thawri said: “When righteous people are mentioned, mercy descends from the heaven onto the earth.” |
b. 97 – d. 161 H. | ||
 | Moulay Idris I, Zarhoun مولاي إدريس (زرهون) | d. 174 H. | Zerhoun, Morocco |
 | Imam Al-Layth ibn Sa'd الإمام الليث بن سعد | b. 94 - d. 175 H. | Cairo |
| Imam Malik b. Anas b. Malik | damas | | b. 93 – d. 179 H. | Madina buried in al-Baqi’ |
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| ´Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak | damas | → author of Kitab az-zuhd wa al-raqai’q |
b. 118 – d.181 H. | in Hit | |
| Qadi Abul Yusuf | ghf (damas) | | d. 182 H. | ||
| Al-Fudayl ibn `Iyad | damas | | d. 187 H. | Makka | |
| Muhammad Hasan al-Shaybani | gfh (damas) | | d. 189 H. | ||
| Sayyiduna Habib ibn al-`Ajami al-Basri سيدنا حبيب بن محمد العجمي البصري early sufi, companion of Hasan al-Basri and Ibn Sirin Shaykh of Dāwūd al-Tai | d. First half of the 2nd century H. | Basra | |
| [field bio-name-ar id=”5353″]
Habib ibn Mohammad al-‘Ajami al-Basri | → early sufi, companion of Hasan al-Basri and Ibn Sirin |
d. 2nd century H. | ||
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| Ma`ruf al-Karkhi | damas | | d. 200/201 H. | Baghdad | |
 | Imam Muhammad b. Idris al-Shafi'i الإمام الشافعي | gfh (damas) | | b. 150 - d. 204 H. | Ghaza - Cairo |
 | Sayyid Al-Hasan al-Anwar سيدي حسن الأنور بن زيد بن الابلج بن الحسن بن سيدنا علي بن ابي طالب رضي الله عنه وأرضاه . Father of Sayyida Nafisa | d. H. | Cairo |
 | Sayyida Nafisa bint Al-Hasan al-Anwar السيِدة نفيسة بنت الإمام الحسن الأنور | damas | | b. 145 - d. 208 H. | Makka - Cairo |
 | Sayyida Fatima bint Hasan al-Anwar السيدة فاطمة بنت الإمام حسن الأنور Sister of Sayyida Nafisa | d. H. | Cairo |
 | Moulay Idris II "Al-Azhar" – The Founder of Fez مولاي إدريس الأزهر Founder of the City of Fas | b. 157 - d. 213 H. | Fas |
| [field bio-name-ar id=”2525″] Abu Sulayman al-Darani | damas | → | d. 215H. | Dara near Damascus | |
| Bishr al-Hafi (“The Barefoot”) | qushayri | | d. 227 H. | Baghdad | |
| Ibn Abi Shayba | damas | | d. 235 H. | ||
| Sahnun b. Sa’id b. Habib al-Tanukhi | ab (damas) | author of “Al-Mudawwana” |
b. 160 – d. 240 | Magrib | |
| Imam Ahmad b. Hanbal | gfh (damas) | | d. 241 | ||
| Harith al-Muhasibi | qushayri | companion of al-Junayd |
b. 165 – d. 243 H. | Basrah – Baghdad | |
 | Abul Fayd Dhul Nun al-Misri سيدي ثوبان إبراهيم أبو الفيض والمكنى بـ ( ذي النون المصري ) | damas | | b. 179 - d. 245/248 H. | Egypt - Cairo |
| Sari al-Saqati | damas | → | d. 251/253 H. | Baghdad | |
| Abu Yazid al-Bistami | d. 261 H. | Bistam (Iraq) or Damascus | |
| Imam Muslim | gfh (sunnah) | | b. 202 – d. 261 H. | ||
| Imam al-Bukhari | gfh (sunnah) | | b. 194 – d. 265 H. | Bukhara | |
| Imam Abu Dawud | gfh (sunnah) | | b. 202 – d. 275 H. | ||
| Ibn Qutayba | gfh (sunnah) | | d. 276 H. | ||
| Imam al-Tirmidhi | gfh (sunnah) | | b. 209 – d. 279 H. | ||
| Sahl al-Tustari | gfh(damas) | | d. 283 H. | Basra | |
| [field bio-name-ar id=”3960″] Abul Qasim Al-Junayd al-Baghdadi | damas | → | d. 297 H. | Baghdad | |
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| Muhammad b. `AbdAllah | damas | descentdant of Ja`far al-Sadiq |
d. – 300 H. | Damascus | |
| Abu Ja’far Al-Tabari | gfh (damas) | | d. 310 H. | ||
| Abu Bakr al-Ajurri | wiki | marifa | | d. 320 H. | Makka | |
| Al-Hakim Tirmidhi الحكيم أبو عبد الله محمد بن علي بن الحسين الترمذي | d. 322 H. | ||
 | Imam Abu Ja´far al-Warraq Al-Tahawi الإمام أبو جعفر اوراق الطحاوي | damas | | b. 853 - d. 321 H. | Cairo |
| [field bio-name-ar id=”4233″]
Abul Hasan al-Ash’ari | gfh (damas) | → his students | sunnah | |
b. 260 – d. 324 H. | Baghdad | |
| [field bio-name-ar id=”1856″] Abul Dahdâh al-Salihi | damass | → | d. 328 H. | Damascus | |
| Muhammad al-Maturidi | gfh (damas) | | d. 333 H. | Samarkand | |
| Abul-Husayn al-Khiraqi | damas | | d. 334 H. | Damascus | |
| Abu Bakr al-Shibli | damas | | b. 247 – d. 334 H. | Baghdad | |
| Al-Najjad al-Baghdadi al-Hanbali | damas | | d. 348 H. | ||
| Bundar ibn al-Husayn al-Asha’ari | damas | | d. 353 H. | ||
| Ibn `Adi | gfh (sunnah) | | d. 365 H. | ||
| Ibn Mujahid al-Ta’i al-Asha’ari | damas | Companion of Imam al-Ash’ari in Sham |
d. 368 H. | ||
| al-Asha’ari | damas Al-Dummal | Companion of Imam al-Ash’ari in Sham |
d. ? H. | ||
| Ibn Khafif al-Asha’ari | kabbani | | d. 371 H. | ||
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| Ibn al-Baqillani | damas | | d. 403 H. | ||
| Al-Hakim al-Naysaburi | damas | | b. 321 – d. 405 H. | ||
| Ibn Furak | damas | | d. 406 H. | Hira, Nisabur | |
| Al-Sulami | damas | | b. 325 – d. 412 H. | Nisabur | |
| Abul Hasan al-Quduri | damas | | d. 428 H. | Baghdad | |
| Abd al-Qahir al-Baghdadi | gfh (damas) | | d. 429 H. | ||
| [field bio-name-ar id=”1849″] Abul Nu’aym al-Asbahani | sMa | → | b. 336 – d. 430 H. | ||
| Abu ‘Uthman al-Sabuni | d. 449 H. | ||
| Abul Hasan Al-Mawardi | damas | | b. ~362 – d. 448 H. | in Basra – Baghdad | |
| [field bio-name-ar id=”4268″] Imam al-Bayhaqi al-Naysaburi, Abu Bakr | gfh | marifa | → | b. 384 – d. 458 H. | ||
| [field bio-name-ar id=”3067″] Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi | gfh (damas) | sunnah | → | d. 463 H. | Baghdad | |
| [field bio-name-ar id=”1915″] Abul Walid al-Baji al-Qurtubi al-Maliki | gfh (damas) | Abu Al-Walid Al-Baji→ | b. 403 – d. 474 H. | al-Andalus | |
| Ibn al-Juwayni, Abul Ma’ali | damas | also known as Imam al-Haramayn, teacher of al-Ghazali |
b. 419 – d. 478 H. | ||
| Al-Juwayni, Abu Muhammad al-Ta’i | gfh (damas) | father of Imam al-Haramayn |
d. 483 H. | ||
| Sheikh Nasr al-Maqdisi | damas | d. 490 H. | ||
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 | Imam Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali ألإمام أبو حامد الغزالي | gfh | | b. 450 - d. 505 H. | Tus - Tus |
| [field bio-name-ar id=”3949″] Imam Abu Hamid al-Ghazali [GFH] → | b. 450 – d. 505 | Tus | |
| [field bio-name-ar id=”8143″] Sheikh Rislan al-Dimashqi | damas | → | d. ~540 H. | Damascus | |
| Qadi Abul Bakr b. al-‘Arabi [ABewley] [Dar-sirr] | d. 543 H. | ||
| [field bio-name-ar id=”11213″] Qadi ‘Iyad | → | d. 544 H. | Marakesh | |
 | Shaykh Abul Hassan Ali ibn Harzihim Teacher Al-Qutb Abu Madyan al-Ghawth | d. 522 H. | Fas |
| Al-Hasan b. Masmâr al-Hilali | damas | | d. 546 H. | Damascus | |
| [field bio-name-ar id=”1904″] Abul-Bayan | damas | → | d. 551 H. | Damascus | |
| Ahamd b. Quddama | damas | | d. 558 H. | Damascus | |
| `Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani | d. 561 H. | Baghdad | |
| [field bio-name-ar id=”8162″]
Abu Najib Dia’ al-Din al-Suhrawardi | → Author of Adab al-Muridin |
b. 490 – d. 563 H. | Baghdad | |
| [field bio-name-ar id=”4223″] Ibn `Asakir al-Dimashqi | damas | gfh | → | d. 571 H. | Damascus | |
 | Sh. `Isa b. `Abd al-Qadir l-Jilani الشيخ عيسى بن عبد القادر الجيلاني | d. 573 H. | Cairo |
| [field bio-name-ar id=”1911″] Abu al-Ma`ali al-Nisaburi | damas | → | d. 578 H. | Damascus | |
| Ahmad al-Rifa’i | → | b. 512 – d. 578 H. | Umm 3Abida a village in BaTa’iH | |
| [field bio-name-ar id=”3973″] Nur al-Din b. Zanki | damas | → | d. 579 H. | Damascus | |
| [field bio-name-ar id=”2196″] Abu Madyan Shu`ayb | damas | → | d. 594 H. | Tlimsan or Egypt | |
| Ibn Rushd (Averroes) gfh (sunnah) | d. 595 H. | ||
| Ibn al-Jawzi | damas | | d. 597 H. | Baghdad | |
| Shaykh ʿAbd al-Rahman al-ʿAttar al-Madani (الشيخ عبد الرجمن بن الحسين المدني العَطَّار الحسني الإدريسي (الملقب بالزَّيات | damas | | b. - d. ~600 H. | Sabta - Madina Munawwara | |
| [field bio-name-ar id=”4238″] `Abd al-Rahman al-`Attar (Al-Zayyat) al-Madani | damas | → | ~600 | Madina | |
| Abu `Umar b. Ahmad b. Qudama | damas | | d. .. H. | ||
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| Fakh al-Din al-Razi | damas/gfh | | b. 543 – d. 606 H. | ||
| Al Fakhr b. `Asakir [ZaSH p. 35] | d. 620 H. | Damascus | |
| Ibn Quddamah Al-Maqdisi | damas | | d. 620 H. | Damascus | |
 | Moulay Sidi ʿAbdus-Salam Ibn Mashish al-Hasani al-Idrisi القطب المُنير مولاي عبد السلام بن مشيش الحسني الإدريسي | damas | | d. 622 H. | Jabal ‘Alam near Tetuan |
 | Shihab al-Din ´Umar Abu Hafs al-Suhrawardi الشيخ شهاب الدين أبو حفص عمر السهروردي البغدادي | ||
| [field bio-name-ar id=”11010″]
Shihab al-Din `Umar Abu Hafs al-Suhrawardi | → author of Awarif al-Ma`arif |
b. 539 – d. 632 H. | Baghdad | |
 | Sidi Sh. 'Umar ibn al-Farid سيدي الشيخ عمر بن الفارض "سلطان العاشقين" | b. 576 - d. 632 H. | Cairo |
| Muhyi al-Din ibn al-`Arabi | damas | gfh | known as Al-Sheikh al-Akbar |
d. 638 H. | Damascus | |
| Taqi al-Din b. al-Salah [ZaSH p. 37] | d. 643 H. | Damascus | |
| Diya’ al-Din al-Maqdisi | damas | | d. 643 H. | Damascus | |
| Ibn Qadi al-`Askar al-Hanafi | damas | | d. 651 H. | Damascus | |
| Sibt ibn al-Jawzi | damas | | d. 654 H. | Damascus | |
| `Abd al- Rahman b. Nuh [ZaSH p. 36] | d. 654 H. | Damascus | |
| [field bio-name-ar id=”274″] Imam Abul Hasan al-Shadhili al-Hasani | damas | → | d. 656 H. | Humaythira Egypt | |
| Yusuf al-Qamini | damas | | d. 657 H. | Damascus | |
 | Sh. Izz al-Din ibn 'Abd al-Salam الشيخ عز الدين بن عبد السلام “Sultan of the Scholars” | durrat | | b. 577 - d. 660 H. | Damascus - Cairo |
| [field bio-name-ar id=”2203″] Abu Shama damas | → | d. 665 H. | Damascus | |
| Ibn Malik damas | sahib al-Alfiyyah |
d. 672 H. | Damascus | |
 | Shaykh `Abd Allah Ibn Abi Jamra الشيخ عبد الله بن سعد بن سعيد بن أبي جمرة الأزدي الأندلسي | damas | | b. - d. 675 H. | Andalusia - Cairo |
 | Sayyid Sh. Ahmad al-Badawi السيد الشيخ أحمد البدوى | damas | | d. 675 H. | Tanta, Egypt |
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| [field bio-name-ar id=”3925″] Imam al-Nawawi | damas | → | d. 676 H. | Damascus | |
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| [field bio-name-ar id=”7855″] Sh. Ibrahim al-Desuqi | damas | → | d. 676 H. | Egypt | |
| Shams al-Din b ‘Umar b. Quddama | damas | | d. 682 H. | Damascus | |
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| [field bio-name-ar id=”4541″]
Imam al-Busiri al-Shadhili | damas | → author of Qasida al-Burda |
d. 684 H. | Alexandria | |
 | Shaykh Sidi Abul-ʿAbbas al-Mursi الوارث المحمدي الإمام شهاب الدين أبو العباس أحمد بن الحسن الأنصاري الخزرجي المرسي | damas | marifa | | d. 686 H. | Alexandria |
| Ibn Malik the younger | damas | | d. 686 H. | Damascus | |
| Taj al-Din al-Fazari “al-Farkah” | damas | | d. 690 H. | Damascus | |
 | Sidi Sh. Makin al-Din al-Asmar سيدي مكين الردين الأسمر A companion of Imam Abul Hasan al-Shadhili | b. 610 - d. 692 H. | Alexandria |
| Ibrahim ibn al-Muhaddith | damas | | d. 695 H. | Damascus | |
| [field bio-name-ar id=”3082″] Abu Bakr al-`Arudiki | damas | → | born 584 – d. … H. | Damascus | |
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 | Sidi Sh. Yaqut al-`Arshi | b. 610 - d. 692 H. | Alexandria |
| [field bio-name-ar id=”7607″]
Sh. Yaqut al-`Arshi al-Shadhili | damas | → Teacher of Ibn `Ata Allah al-Sakandari after Sheikh Abul `Abbas al-Mursi |
b. 627 – d. 707 H. | Alexandria | |
 | Sidi Imam Ibn Daqiq al-'Id al-Shadhili الإمام أبو الفتح تقي الدين بن دقيق العيد | b. 625 - d. 702 H. | Hijaz - Cairo |
 | Shaykh Ahmad Ibn ʿAta Allah as-Sakandari إمام أهل الشريعة والحقيقة تاج الدين أحمد بن محمد ٱبن عطاء الله السكندري | damas | | b. - d. 709 H. | Alexandria - Cairo |
 | Shaykh Muhammad Ibn Sayyid an-Nas الشيخ فتح الدين محمد اليعمري، الإشبيلي، المعروف بابن سيد الناس | b. 671 - d. 734 H. | Cairo - Cairo |
| Sadr al-Din Suleyman ibn Hilal | damas | d. 725 H. | Damascus | |
 | Shaykh Dawud ibn Mākhlā al-Iskandari مربي المريدين، وموصل السالکین أبو سليمان سيدي داود بن عمر ٱبن ماخلا الإسکندري | d. 732/735 H. | Alexandria |
| [field bio-name-ar id=”2997″] Ahmad al-Tabrizi al-Hanafi | damas | → | d. 735 H. | Damascus Kafar Susa | |
 | Imam Fakhr al-Din al-Zayla'i الإمام فخر الدين أبو عمرو عثمان بن علي بن محجن البارعي الحنفي | b. - d. 743 H. | Zayla' - Cairo |
| Ibrahim b. Sultan al-Hanafi | damas | | d. 738 H. | Damascus | |
| Shams al-Din al-Dhahabi | damas | gfh | | d. 748 H. | Damascus | |
| Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya | damas | | d. 751 H. | Damascus | |
| Imam Jamal al-Din al-Zayla'i الإمام جمال الدين أبو محمد عبد الله بن يوسف بن محمد الزيلعي الحنفي المصري | b. - d. 762 H. | Zayla' - Cairo |
| The Subki family brief | extended | | |||
 | Imam Taqi al-Din al-Subki الإمام تقي الدين أبو الحسن علي بن عبد الكافي السبكي | damas | | b. 683 - d. 756 H. | Egypt - Cairo |
| Imam Taj al-Din al-Subki الإمام تَاج الدين أَبو نصر عبد الوهاب بن علي بن عبد الكافي السبكي | D.W. Myhram | | b. 727 - d. 771 H. | Egypt - Damascus |
| Ibn Kathir | damas | | d. 774 H. | Damascus | |
| Muhammad b. al-Harr al-Hanafi | damas | | d. 789 H. | Damascus | |
| The Wafa’i Masters | |||
 | The Wafa'i Masters السادات الوفائئية | d. H. | Cairo |
| Sh. Muhammad Wafa الشيخ محمد وفا بن محمد النجم بن محمد السكندري الشاذلي | b. 702 - d. 765 H. | Alexandria - Cairo |
| Shaykh ʿAli b. Muhammad Wafa القطب الغوث بحر الصفا سيدي علي بن محمد وفا | b. 761 - d. 807 H. | Cairo - Cairo |
 | Shaykh Yahya b. Ahmad Wafa al-Qadiri العارف الكامل سيدي أبو زكريا يحيى بن أحمد بن محمد وفا | d. 857 H. | Cairo |
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 | Sidi Sh. Shams al-Din al-Hanafi al-Shadhili الشيخ سيدي شمس الدين الحنفي | b. 775 - d. 847 H. | Cairo |
 | Imam Ibn Hajar al’Asqalani الإمام ابن حجر العسقلاني | ahm/damas | | b. 733 - d. 852 H. | Cairo - Cairo |
 | Sidi Sh. Abul Mawahib al-Shadhili الشيخ أبو عبد الله محمد أبو المواهب التونسي الشاذلي الوفائي | b. - d. 881 (? after 850) H. | Tunis - Cairo |
 | Imam Muhammad b. Sulayman al-Jazuli al-Hasani al-Shadhili الإمام أبو عبد الله محمد الجزولي السملالي الحسني الشاذلي Author of Dala'il al-Khayrat | d. 869/870/873 H. | Marrakash |
| [field bio-name-ar id=”3076″] `Abd al-Rahman al-`Ayni | damas | → | d. 893 H. | Damascus Salihiyya | |
 | Shaykh Ahmad b. ʿUqbah al-Hadrami إمام الإرشاد سيدي أبو العباس أحمد بن عقبة الحضرمي | b. 857 - d. 895 H. | Hadramawt - Cairo |
 | Shaykh Ahmad Zarruq al-Fasi الشيخ أحمد زَرّوق الفاسي | damas | | b. 846 - d. 899 H. | Fas - Misrata |
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 | Shaykh Ibrahim Afḥām az-Zarhūni العارف الرباني سيدي إبراہیم أفحام (أو فحَّام أو فهَّام) الزرھوني | d. after 900 H. | Zarhoun, Morocco |
| Abu Ishaq Ibrahim al-Naji | damas | | d. 900 H. | Damascus | |
| Shams al-Din Muhammad al-Sakhawi His Sufi teachers | gfh (sunnah) | |
b. 831 – d. 902 H. | Cairo – Madinah | |
 | Imam al-Suyuti الإمام الحافظ عبد الرحمن بن أبي بكر بن محمد جلال الدين السيوطي | Writings | | b. 849 - d. 911 H. | Cairo - Cairo |
 | Imam Zakariyya al-Ansari الإمام زكريا الأنصاري | b. 824 - d. 926 H. | Cairo |
| [field bio-name-ar id=”2955″] Ahmad b. Badr al-Din al-Hanafi | damas | → | d. 934 H. | Damascus | |
 | Shaykh 'Alī ibn Ahmad al-Ṣanhājī "Al-Dawwār" منبع الأسرار سيدي علي بن أحمد الصنھاجي الدوار | Kuhin / Salwat al-Anfas | | b. - d. 947 H. | Sanhaj - Fas |
 | Sidi Sh. ´Ali al-Khawas al-Burullusi al-Shadhili الشيخ علي الخوّاص البرلسي The Shaykh of Imam al-Sha´rani | d. 949 H. | Cairo |
| Ibn Sultan al-Hanafi | damas | | d. 950 H. | Damascus | |
 | Sidi Sh. 'Abd al-Wahhab al-Sha'rani al-Shadhili القطب الإمام أبو المواهب شرف الدين عبد الوهاب بن أحمد بن علي الشعراني الأنصاري الشافعي | Witings | | d. 973 H. | Cairo |
| Sharaf Al-Din Al-Hijawi Imam Sharaf Al-Din Abi Al-Munja Musa bin Ahmad bin Musa bin Salim bin `Isa bin Salim Al-Hijawi, originally from Quds and then settled in Salihyah Damascus. [musa] |
d. 978 H. | Damascus | |
 | Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahman al-Majdhub "The Attracted" القطب أبو محمد عبد الرحمن بن عیاد الصنھاجي المعروف بالمجذوب | kufhin/salwat | | b. 909 - d. 976 H. | Azzemour - Meknes |
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| Shaykh Abul Maḥāsin Yūsuf al-Fasī بحر المعارف أبو المحاسن يوسف بن محمد الفاسي | kuhin/salwat | | d. 1013 H. | Fas | |
| Shaykh 'Abd Ar-Rahman Al-'Arifī al-Fasi al-Fasi العلامة العارف أبو زید عبد الرحمن بن محمد الفاسي | kufhin/salwat | | b. - d. 1036 H. | Azzemour - Fas | |
 | Imam al-Shurubulali الإمام الشرنبلالي | b. 964 - d. 1069 H. | Egypt |
| The Ma’an Andalusli Masters | |||
| Shaykh Muḥammad ibn 'Abd Allāh Ma'n al-Fāsī بحر العلوم والعرفان أبو عبد الله محمد بن محمد بن عبد الله معن الأندلسي الفاسي | kufhin/salwat | | d. 1062 H. | Fas | |
| Shaykh Qasim b. Qasim al-Khasasi منبع التوحید سيدي قاسم بن قاسم الخصاصي | kufhin/salwat | | d. 1083 H. | Fas | |
| Mulla ‘Ali al-Qari kabbani | marifa | d. 1014 H. | ||
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| Sayyid Muhammad b.´Abd al-Rasul al-Barzanji Chief Shafi´i Mufti of Madina | marifa | |
b. 1040 – d. 1103 H. | Madina | |
| Shaykh Ahmad ibn 'Abd Allah Ma'n al-Fasī ولي الله تعالی سيدي أحمد بن محمد بن عبد الله معن الفاسي | kuhin/salwat | | b. 1042/43 - d. 1120 H. | Fas | |
| Sidi Sh. Abd al-‘Aziz al-Dabbagh al-Hasani مولاي عبد العزيز الدباغ الحسني Author of Al-Ibriz | darsirr | | b. 1095 - d. 1131 H. | Fas | |
| Shaykh Al-'Arabī b. Ahmad b. 'Abd Allah Maʿn al-Fasi القطب الرباني سيدي العربي بن أحمد بن عبد الله معن الفاسي | kuhin/salwat | | b. 1079 - d. 1166 H. | Fas | |
| `Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi | damas | | d. ~1150 H./1731 CE | Damascus | |
 | Sayyidi Sh. 'Ali "al-Jamal" al-'Amrani al-Hasani القطب الإِمام ، الشریف الھمام السید علي بن عبد الرحمن العمراني الحسني الفاسي الملقب بالجمل | Kuhin/salwat | | b. Fas - d. 1194 H. | Fas |
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 | Shaykh Ahmad al-Dardir الشيخ أحمد بن أحمد بن أبي حامد العدوي المالكي | b. 1127 - d. 1201 H. | Asyut - Cairo |
 | Shaykh Ahmad ibn Ajiba al-Hasani سيدي الشيخ أحمد ابن عجيبة الحسني Khalifa of Sh. M. ibn Ahamd al-Buzidi | Writings | | d. 1224 H. | East of Tetuan, Morocco |
 | Sidi Sh. Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Al-Buzidi سيدي الشيخ محمد بن أحمد البوزيدي Khalifa of Imam ´Arabi Dirqawi | d. 1229 H. | |
 | Imam Abu Hāmid al-ʿArabī al-Dirqāwī al-Hasani مجدد رسوم الطريقة السيد أبو حامد محمد العربي بن أحمد الدرقاوي الحسني Reviver of the Shadhili Tariqa | damas | | b. 1159 - d. 1239 H. | Bou Barīh, Morocco - Rif, Morocco |
| Sheikh Khalid al-Baghdadi | ghf (damas) | b. 1193 – d. 1242 | Damascus | |
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Sh. Muhammad Amin `Abidin | damas | → known as Ibn `Abidin, author of al-Hashia |
d. 1252 | Damascus | |
 | Sidi Sh. Muhammad al-Harraq al-Shadhili الشيخ محمد الحراق took the Shadhili Tariqa from Imam al-Dirqawi | kuhin | | b. 1186 - d. 1261 H. | Tetouan |
 | Shaykh Muhammad ibn Hamzah Ẓhāfir al-Madani قطب زمانه السيد محمد بن حمزة ظافر المدني الحسني | damas | | b. - d. 1262 H. | Madina - Misrata |
| Muhammad al-Mahdi al-Saklawi | damas | | d. 1278 | Damascus | |
 | Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Masʿūd Al-Fāsī القطب الغوث السيد محمد بن مسعود الفاسي المکي الحسني | damas | | b. ~1212 - d. 1289 H. | Fas - Makka |
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| [field bio-name-ar id=”3966″]
Al-Amir Sh. `Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza’iri al-Hasani | damas | → the famous mujahid against french colonizers |
d. 1300 H. | Damascus | |
| [field bio-name-ar id=”1628″] Sh. `Ala al-Din `Abidin | damas | marifa | → | d. 1306 H. | Damascus | |
 | Shaykh Muḥammad Aṭ-Ṭayyib al-Hasani al-Idrisi الشيخ السيد محمد الطيب الحسني | damas | | b. 1255 - d. 1313 H. | Algeria - Damascus |
 | Shaykh Muhammad Zhafir (the son) الشيخ محمد ظافر Shadhili Shaykh of Sultan AbdulHamid II | b. 1244 - d. 1321 H. | Tarablus, Misrata (Libya) - Istanbul |
| Sidi Sh. Muhammad ibn Habib al-Buzidi سيدي محمد بن الحبيب بن عبد الله بن أحمد البوزيدي | b. 1239 - d. 1327 H. | Mustaghanim, Algeria | |
 | Shaykh Sayyid Muḥammad Al-Mubārak al-Hasani al-Idrisi الوارث المحمدي ، والهيکل الرحماني السيد محمد الطيب الحسني | damas | | d. 1330 H. | Damascus |
 | Imam Ahmad Raza Khan al-Bareilwi | d. 1340 H. | Bareilly, India |
| Imam Ahmad Rada Khan | → | d. 1340 H. (1921 CE.) | Bareilly, India | |
| Qadi Yusuf al-Nabhani | gfh (damas) | | b. 1265 – d. 1342 H. | Beirut | |
| [field bio-name-ar id=”88766″] Sheikh Muhammad ibn Yallis al-Tlimsani | damas | → | d. 1346/7 H. | Damascus | |
| [field bio-name-ar id=”2235″]
Sheikh Badr al-Din al-Hasani | damas | → known in Sham as “al-muhaddith al-akbar” |
d. 1354 H. | Damascus | |
| [field bio-name-ar id=”9588″] Sh. Sharif al-Yaqoubi | damas | → | b. 1282 – d. 1362 H. | Damascus | |
 | Shaykh Ismail al-Yaqoubi al-Hasani al-Idrisi القطب الرباني ، والعارف الصمداني السيد إسماعيل اليعقوبي الحسني الإدريسي | d. 1380 H. | Damascus |
| [field bio-name-ar id=”331″] Sh. Isma`il al-Yaqoubi | damas | → | d. 1380 H. | Damascus | |
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| [field bio-name-ar id=”8895″] Sh. Muhammad al-Hashimi | damas | marifa | → | b. 1298 d. 1381 H. (1880–1961 CE) | Damascus | |
 | Shaykh Muhammad Abul Yusr `Abidin al-Husayni الشريف الشيخ محمد أبو اليسر بن محمد عابدين الحسيني Hanafi Mufti of Damascus | damas | | b. 1307 - d. 1401 H. | Damascus |
 | Shaykh Ibrahim al-Yaqoubi al-Hasani al-Idrisi العلامة المدقق ، والعارف المحقق ، السيد إبراهيم اليعقوبي الحسني الإدريسي | damas | marifa | | d. 1406 H. | Damascus |
| Sheikh Muhammad Sukkar | marifa | | d. 1429 H. | Damascus | |
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| [field bio-name-ar id=”8586″] Sh Ahmad Habbal al-Rifa’i | → | d. 1430 H. / 2009 CE | Damascus | |
| Sh. ´Abd al-Razzaq ak-Halabi | marifa | | b.1343 – d.1433 H. (1925-2012 CE) | Damascus Dahdah cemetery | |
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| [field bio-name-ar id=”8861″] Sh. Shukri Luhafi al-Shadhili | marifa | → | b. 1338 – d. H./ 2015 CE | Damascus | |
 | Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi al-Hasani al-Idrisi العلامة السيد الشيخ محمد أبو الهدى اليعقوبي الحسني الإدريسي | damas | muslim500 | | b. 1382 - | Damascus - |
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| The Yaqoubi Family | → Family tree | Burial places in Damascus Shaykh Muhammad al-Siddiq (d. 1307) Sheikh Muhammad al-Sharif (d. 1362) | → Sheikh Isma`il al-Yaqoubi (d.1380) | damas | → Shaykh Muhammad ‘Arabi (d. 1384) Sheikh Ibrahim al-Yaqoubi (d.1406) | damas | → Sheikh Muhammad al-Ya`qubi (born 1382) | damas | →] |
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| The Kettani family: Sheikh Muhammad b. Ja`far (d. 1345 in Fas) Sheikh Muhammad al-Makki (d. 1393) |
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| The ‘Abidin family | Overview | → Sh. Muhammad Amin `Abidin (d. 1252) | damas | → known as Ibn `Abidin, author of al-HashiaSh. `Ala al-Din `Abidin (d. 1306) | damas | marifa | → Sh. Abul Yusr `Abidin (d. 1401) | damas | → |
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| The Kettani family: Sheikh Muhammad b. Ja`far (d. 1345 in Fas) Sheikh Muhammad al-Makki (d. 1393) |
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| The ‘Abidin family: Sheikh Muhammad b. Ja`far (d. 1345 in Fas) Sheikh Muhammad al-Makki (d. 1393) |
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Reference works
RB : الروض البهية في فضائل دمشق للصيادي
Reference works:
Links to on-line Biograpical Encyclopedia:
Imam Subki: Tabaqat al-Shafi’iyya
Ibn Khalikan: Wafayat al-A’lam
Ibn Hajar: Taqrib al-Tahdhib
Ibn Hajar: Al-Isaba
Ibn Athir: Usd al-Ghaba fi ma’rifati al-Sahaba
Ibn Kathir: Al-bidaya wa al-Nihaya
Al-Wafidi: Futuh al=Sham
Al-Suyuti: Lubb al-Lubab (spelling of names)
Al-Qalqashnadi: Ansab al-“Arab
Taj al-Din al-Subki: Tabaqat al-Shafi´iyya al-Kubra
Original pages
Index of Scholars, Saints and notables
Index of Damascene scholars
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