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Biographies of Islamic Scholars, Saints and Notables

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Balagha: The science of Eloquence

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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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‘Amr ibn al-‘As

عمرو بن العاص
b. in Makka – d. 43 H. in Cairo, Egypt
radiya Allah anhu

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'Uqba b. 'Amir al-Juhani

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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

Abu Ayyub al Ansari

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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]

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Abu Darda

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

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Abu Dharr al Ghafari

أبو ذر الغفاري
d. 32 H. in Rabdha, near Madina
radiya Allah anhu

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Abu Muslim al-Khawlani

“The inburnable”
d. 62 H. in Daria, Damascus
أبو مسلم الخولاني
radiya Allah anhu

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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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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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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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Hammam ibn Ghalib 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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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

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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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Aws b. Aws al-Thaqafi

أوس بن أوس الثقفي
d. towards the end of the caliphate of `Uthman (r)
radiya Allah anhu

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Bilal ibn Ribâh al-Habashî al-Qurashî al-Taymî

بلال بن رباح الحبشي القرشي التيمي
d. 20 or 18 or 19 H. in Damascus
radiya Allah anhu

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Sayyidna Darar b. al-Azwar al-Asadi

ضرار بن الأزور الأسدي
d. 14 or 18 H. (636/640 CE)
radiya Allah anhu

Abul Fayd Dhul Nun al-Misri

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Dihya al-Kalbi

(sahabi d. 45 H. in Damascus)
radiya Allah anhu

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Imam Fakhr al-Din al-Zayla'i

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Sayyidi Habib ibn Mohammad 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 lectures, and became one of his closest associates.

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Imam Ibn Daqiq al-'Id

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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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Sayyidi 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 ‘lsa ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn ‘ Ali ibn Abi Talib.

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Imam Ahmad Raza Khan

d. 1340 H. (1921 CE.) in Bareilly, India

Imam Ahmad Raza Khan
By Mohammad Monawwar Ateeq

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`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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Mawlaya Imam `Arabi al-Dirqawi al-Hasani

الشيخ السيد العربي بن أحمد الدِرقاوِي الحسني
d. 1239 H. in Rif
qaddasa Allah sirrahu

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Imam Al-Ghazali

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Imam Muhammad b. Sulayman al-Jazuli al-Hasani al-Shadhili

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

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