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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 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 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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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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Dihya al-Kalbi

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

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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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Mu'awiya b. Abi Sufiyan

معاوية بن أبي سفيان
b. 15 H. in Makka – d.60 H. in Damascus
sahabi - radya Allah anhu

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Nur al-Din b. Zanki

b. 511 – d. 579 in Daamascus
radiya Allah anhu
– السلطان أبو القاسم نور الدين محمود ين أبي سعيد(أبو سعد) زنكي بن سيف الدين –

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Just ruler of Damscus, first in history ot build a Dar al-hadith, gave many books as waqf, built schools and mosques and institueted many awqaf, loved and honored the pple of din; strong in warfare, a good archer, he would only consume out of wealth he that the `ulema deemd lawful (more…)

Shaykh Muhammad al-Hashimi al Hasani al-Shadhili

b. 1298 – d. 1381 H. (1880–1961 CE) in Damascus (CE)

Tab links: Bio in English | عربي | Photos | Burial Place

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Shaykh Ahmad b. Badr al-Din al-Hanafi

d. 934
أحمد بن بدر الدين الحنفي
radiya Allah anhu

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

Reference: Damas Cultural Society © 2007

Shaykh Ahmad al-Rifa´i al-Habbal al-Dimashqi

الشيخ أحمد الرفاعي الحبال
d. 1430 H. (2009 CE) in Damascus

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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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Sayyidi Shaykh Ibrahim al-Yaqoubi al-Hasani al-Idrisi

الشيخ السيد إبراهيم اليعقوبي الحسني
d. 1406 H. / 1985 CE in Damascus
qaddasa Allah sirrahu

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Sayyidi Shaykh Ismail al-Yaqoubi al-Hasani al-Idrisi

الشيخ السيد إسماعيل اليعقوبي الحسني
d. 1380 H. / 1960 CE in Damascus
qaddasa Allah sirrahu

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Al-Sayyid al-Sheikh Muhammad Abul Yusr `Abidin al-Husayni

الشريف الشيخ محمد أبو اليسر بن محمد عابدين الحسيني
b. 1307 – d. 1401 H. in Damascus (1889–1981 CE)
radiya Allah anhu

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Sayyidi Sh. Muhammad al-Mubarak al-Hasani al-Idrisi

الشيخ السيد محمد المبارك الحسني
d. 1330 H. in Damascus
qaddasa Allah sirrahu

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Sayyidi Sh. Muhammad al-Tayyib al-Hasani al-Idrisi

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

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His Eminence Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi al-Hasani al-Idrisi

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

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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 Muhammad ibn Yallis al-Tlimsani al-Shadhili

b. 1264 – d. 1346/7 H. in Damascus (1847–1927)

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Sayyidi Sheikh Rislan al-Dimashqi

d. ~540 H. in Damascus
radiya Allah anhu

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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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Shaykh Shukri Luhafi al-Shadhili

b. 1338 – d. H. (2015 CE) in Damascus

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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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The Yaqoubi Masters

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`Abd al-Malik b. Marwan

b. 25 H. in Madinah – d. 86/7 H. in Damascus
أبو الوليد عبد الملك بن مروان
radiya Allah anhu

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`Abd Allah b. Ja`far al-Sadiq (“al-Aftah”)

d. 149 H. in Damascus
radiya Allah anhu

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History of Damascus and its Scholars

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Damsacus Darwishiyya Mosque Poetry of the blessed Sandal of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

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Damascus: Salihiyya - Shaykh Muhyiddin

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Damascus: Bab Saghir Cemetery

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Damascus: Dar al-Hadith al-Ashrafiyyah

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Damascus: Umawi Mosque المسجد الأموي بدمشق الشام
Burial place of the head of Prophet Yahya - `aleihi salam
Burial place of the head of Sayyiduna Husayn ibn Abi Talib radiya Allah `anhu

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Damascus: Street mapDetailed Damascus street map

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Studying in Damascus

Info on Islamic Centers in Syria
by Abu Yahya (2003)

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Meciful
All praises be to Allah, Lord of Creation, and peace and blessings be upon our liegelord Muhammad, his companions and folk, one and all.

As-Salaamu ­Alaykum wa Rahmatullah

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Test page: Umawi Mosque in Damascus, Syriaالمسجد الأموي في دمشق الشام
Resting place of the noble head of Sayyiduna al-Husayn ibn Abi Talib

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