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‘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

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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 Sharqi.

Buried in Bab al-Saghir.

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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 © 2007

Sayiduna Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (sahabi)

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Abu Nu`aym Al-Asbahani

أبو نعيم الأصبهاني
b. 336 – d. 430
radiya Allah anhu

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Abu Shamah Shihab al-Din 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

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Abu Shayba al Khudri

أبو شيبة الخدري
d. 49 H. in Istanbul, Turkey (670 CE) sahabi
radiya Allah anhu

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Abul al-Dahdâh al-Salihi

أبو الدحداح، أحمد بن محمد بن إسماعيل التيمي الدمشقي الصالحي
d. 328 in Damascus
radiya Allah anhu

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Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi

b. 392 – d. 463 in Baghdad
الخطيب البغدادي‎‎
radiya Allah anhu

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Imam Al-Layth ibn Sa'd

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Abu Al-Walid Al-Baji Al-Qurtubi al-Maliki

أبو الوليد الأندلسي القرطبي
b. 403 – d. 474 H.
radiya Allah anhu

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Imam Fakhr al-Din al-Zayla'i

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Sidi Imam Ibn Daqiq al-'Id al-Shadhili

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Imam Ibn Hajar al’Asqalani

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Ibn `Asakir al-Dimashqi al-Shafi`i al-Ash`ari

b. 499 – d. 571 in Damascus
radiya Allah anhu

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Imam Abu Al-Hasan Al-Ash`ari

b. 1244 – d. 1306 H. in Damascus
radiya Allah anhu

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Imam Abu Hanifa

الأمام الأعظم أبو حنيفة النعمان بن ثابت الكوفيّ
d. 150 in Baghdad
radiya Allah anhu

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Sayydi Imam Abul-Hasan al-Shadhili al-Hasani al-Idrisi

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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 (more…)

`Abd al-Rahman ibn `Amr ibn Yuhmad Abu `Amr 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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Imam Al-Bayhaqi

(384 – 458 H)
radiya Allah anhu

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Imam Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali

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Abū ‘l-Qāsim al-Junayd bin Muhammad al-Baghdadi

(d. 297 H. in Baghdad)
radiya Allah anhu

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Imam al-Nawawi

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Sidi Sh. 'Abd al-Wahhab al-Sha'rani al-Shadhili

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Imam Muhammad b. Idris al-Shafi'i

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Imam al-Shurubulali

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Imam al-Suyuti

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Imam Abu Ja´far al-Warraq Al-Tahawi

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Imam Abu ´Isa Muhammad b.´Isa al-Tirmidhi

الإمام محمد بن عيسى بن سورة الترمذي
b. 209 – d. 279 H. in … ( CE)
radiya Allah anhu

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Abū ‘l-Ḥasan Sarī ibn al-Mughallis Saqatī

(b. 155 – d. 251 H. in Baghdad)
radiya Allah anhu

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Imam Jamal al-Din al-Zayla'i

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Qadi ´Iyad

القاضي عياض بن موسى بن عياض اليحصبي
b. 476 – d. 544 H. in Marrakesh (1083 – 1149 CE)
may Allah be pleased with him

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Shaykh 'Abd Ar-Rahman Al-'Arifī al-Fasi al-Fasi

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Shaykh Al-'Arabī b. Ahmad b. 'Abd Allah Maʿn al-Fasi

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Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahman al-Majdhub "The Attracted"

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Shaykh 'Alī ibn Ahmad al-Ṣanhājī "Al-Dawwār"

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Shaykh ʿAli b. Muhammad Wafa

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Shaykh Abul Hassan Ali ibn Harzihim

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Shaykh Ahmad al-Dardir

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Ahmad al-Tabrizi al-Hanafi

d. 735 in Damascus, Kafar Susa
أحمد بن عبد الكريم بن عبد الصمد التبريزي الحنفي
radiya Allah anhu

Great Hanafi scholar, who used to witness (i.e. veryfy legal writings) in front of al-Madrasa al-Masmariyya in Qaymariya. Died in Kafar Susa and was buried there. [ZaSh p. 41]

Damas Cultural Society © 2007

Shaykh Ahmad b. Badr al-Din al-Hanafi

d. 934
أحمد بن بدر الدين الحنفي
radiya Allah anhu

Buried in the Hamriyyah graveyard
– بمحلة الشويكة – [ZaSh p. 41]

Reference: Damas Cultural Society © 2007

Shaykh Ahmad ibn Ajiba al-Hasani

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Shaykh Ahmad Zarruq al-Fasi

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Shaykh Badr al-Din al-Hasani

محدث الشام الأكبرالشيخ محمد بدر الدين بن يوسف الحسني المغربي الاصل الدمشقي
b. 1267 – d. 1354 H in Damascus (1850-1935 CE)
qaddasa Allah sirrahu

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Shaykh `Abd Allah Ibn Abi Jamra

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Shaykh Muhammad Ibn Sayyid an-Nas

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Shaykh Ahmad Ibn ʿAta Allah as-Sakandari

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Sh. Izz al-Din ibn 'Abd al-Salam

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Shaykh Muhammad Abul Yusr `Abidin al-Husayni

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Shaykh Muḥammad Aṭ-Ṭayyib al-Hasani al-Idrisi

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Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi al-Hasani al-Idrisi

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Al-Sayyid al-Sheikh Muhammad Amin`Abidin al-Hanafi al-Husayni

سيدي الشيخ محمد أمين بن عمر بن عبد العزيز عابدين الحنفي الحسيني الدمشقي
b. – d. 1252 H. in Damascus
radiya Allah anhu

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Shaykh Muḥammad ibn 'Abd Allāh Ma'n al-Fāsī

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Shaykh Qasim b. Qasim al-Khasasi

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Sayyid Shaykh Sharif al-Yaqoubi al-Hasani al-Idrisi

الشيخ السيد شريف اليعقوبي الحسني
b. 1282 – d. 1362 H. (1865–1943 CE) in Damascus
qaddasa Allah sirrahu

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Al-Amir Sheikh `Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza’iri al-Hasani al-Idrisi

b. 1222 H. in Algeria – d. 1300 H. in Damascus
radiya Allah anhu

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Sheikh `Ala al-Din bin Muhammad `Abidin al-Hanafi al-Husayni

الشيخ علاء الدين بن محمد بن عابدين الحنفي الحسيني الدمشقي
b. 1244 – d. 1306 H. in Damascus
radiya Allah anhu

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Imam Taj al-Din al-Subki

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Imam Taqi al-Din al-Subki

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Al-Sayyid al-Sheikh

Muhammad ibn Ja`far al-Kettani al-Hasani al-Idrisi

b. 1273 in Fas – d. 1345 in Fas

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The Wafa'i Masters

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The Yaqoubi Masters

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Imam Zakariyya al-Ansari

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`Abd Al-Qahir Al-Baghdadi

عبد القاهر البغدادي الشافعي
(d. 429)
radiya Allah anhu

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The `Abidin Family

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