Category: Great Sufi Masters

Bio: Al-Qutb Abu Madyan Shu`ayb – القطب أبو مدين شعيب

Abu Madyan Shu`ayb ibn al-Husayn al-Ansari al-Tilimsani

b. 509 H. in Cordoba, Andalus - d. 594 H. in Tlimsan, Algeria - radiya Allah anhu
القطب أبو مدين شعيب بن الحسن الأندلسي التلمساني - رضي الله عنه

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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

Biography, Bionotes, Great Sufi Masters, Scholars of Islam, Shadhili, Shadhili Silsila

Bio: Imam Ahmad Zarruq

الشيخ أحمد زَرُّوق الفاسي
b. 846 H. in Fas – d. 899 H. i Misrata
qaddasa Allah sirrahu

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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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Great Imam and reviver of the Shadhili Tariqa.
His Shaykh was Sayyidi Sh.

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Bio: Imam Al-Ghazali

(d. 505 i Tus)
radiya Allah anhu

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Imam al-Ghazzali by Dr. G.F. Haddad

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His Khalwa in the Umawi mosque

He lived for some time in Damascus, and used the western

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Bio: Imam al-Jazuli

الإمام الجزولي – أبو عبد الله محمد الجُزُولي السملالي الحسني الشاذلي
d. 869/870/873 H. in Marrakash
qaddasa Allah sirrahu

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Bio: Imam Al-Junayd Al-Baghdadi

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

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Bio: Imam al-Sha’rani

الشيخ سيدنا أبو المواهب شرف الدين عبد الوهاب علي الشعراني الأنصاري الشافعي الشاذلي
d. 973 H. (1565 CE) in Cairo – radiya Allah ‘anhu

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Bio: Imam Al-Suyuti

اﻺمام الحافظ عبدالرحمن بن أبي بكر بن محمد جلال الدين السيوطي
b. – d. 910 H. in Cairo ( CE)
qaddasa Allah sirrahu

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Bio: Moulay ‘Abd al-Salam ibn Mashish

القطب المُنير سيدي عبد السلام بن مشيش
d. 622 H. Jabal ‘Alam near Tetuan
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He was `Abd al-Salam ibn Sulayman, known

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Bio: Sh. Abul-‘Abbas al-Mursi

الشيخ أبو العباس المرسي
d. 686 H. in Alexandria
qaddasa Allah sirrahu

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He took the noble Shadhili Tariqa from Sayyidi Imam Abul Hasan al-Shadhili.
He passed the path on to Sayyidi

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Bio: Sh. Abul-Najib al-Suhrawardi

Shaykh Abul-Najib ´Abd al-Qahir (or ´Abd al-Qadir) Diya’ul-Din (and Najib al-Din) al-Suhrawardi
الشيخ أبو النجيب عبد القادر السهروردي الملقب بضياء الدين، وبنجيب الدين
b. 490 in Suhraward – d. 563 H. in Baghdad (1097 – 1168 CE)
qaddasa Allah sirrahu

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Bio: Sh. Ahmad al-Badawi

سيدي الشيخ أحمد ابدوي
d. 675 H. in Tanta, Egypt
radiya Allah anhu

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Bio: Sh. Ahmad al-Rifa´i

b. 512 – d. 578 H. in Umm ´Abida (a village in Bata’ih)
qaddasa Allah sirrahu

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One of the greatest Sufi Masters – may Allah be pleased with him.

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Bio: Sh. Ahmad ibn Ajiba

سيدي الشيخ أحمد ابن عجيبة الحسني
d. 1224 H. (1809 CE) East of Tetuan

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Bio: Sh. Ibn Abi Jamra

سيدي الشيخ أحمد ابدوي
d. 675 H. in Cairo, Egypt
radiya Allah anhu

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Bio: Sh. Ibn `Ata Allah al-Sakandari

الشيخ أحمد ابن عَطاء اللهِ السَّكَنْدَري
d. 709 H. in Cairo
qaddasa Allah sirrahu

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He was the student and successor of Abu al-`Abbas al-Mursi, i.e the second khalifa after

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Bio: Sh. Muhammad al-Tayyib al-Hasani

الشيخ السيد محمد الطيب الحسني
b. 1255 H. in Algeria – d. 1313 H. in Damascus
qaddasa Allah sirrahu

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He was Muhammad al-Tayyib al-Dillisi al-Maliki ibn Muhammad al-Mubarak ibn Muhammad al-Dillisi al-Qayrawani, whose lineage goes back to

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Bio: Sh. Muhammad al-Yaqoubi

العلامة الشيخ السيد محمد أبو الهدى اليعقوبي الحسني الإدريسي
Hafizhahu Allah – May Allah preserve him

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Bio: Sh. Rislan al-Dimashqi

d. ~540 H. in Damascus
radiya Allah anhu

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One ohe greatest walis of Damascus. His chain goes back to al-Sari al-Saqati.

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Bio: Sh. Shihab al-Din ´Umar al-Suhrawardi

الشيخ شهاب الدين أبو حفص عمر السهروردي البغدادي
b. 539 in Suhraward – d. 632 H. in Baghdad (1234 CE)
qaddasa Allah sirrahu

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صاحب عوارف المعارف
Author of ´Awarif al-Ma´arif
Nephew and student of Shaykh Najib

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Bio: Sh. ´Umar ibn al-Farid

سيدي عمر بن الفارض
b 576 – d. 632 H. in Egypt

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Bio: The Kettani Family

Al-Sayyid al-Sheikh

b. 1273 in Fas – d. 1345 in Fas

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Bio: The Wafa’i Masters

in Cairo 7th – 8th century H.

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The Wafai Masters in the Shadhili Silslia are:
– Sayyidi Sh. Muhammad Wafa (d. 765 H.), who took the tarqia from Sayyidi

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Damascus, Salihiyya: Sh. Muhyiddin Ibn al-´Arabi

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Maqam of Al-Sheikh al-Akbar Muhyiddin Ibn al-`Arabi

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Al-Sheikh al-Akbar Muhyiddin Ibn al-`Arabi lived the last years of his life in Damascus and passed away there in 638 H. / 1240 CE. He is buried at the foot

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Category: Great Sufi Masters

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