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Table of Bios

Chronological: century Hijri

Sahaba
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	Name	Date	Place of passing
	Sahaba
	Amir al-Mu’minin Abu Bakr al-Siddiq \| gfh \| 1st of the Rightly guided khalifas	d. 13 H.	Madina
	Dirar b. al-Azwar al-Asadi (sahabi) \| damas \| → “The naked warrior”	d.14? H.	Damascus
	Khalid b. Sa`id (sahabi) Salama b. Hisham (sahabi)	d. 14 H	Damascus
	Sa`d b. `Ibadah (sahabi)	d. 14 H	Damascus Mliha
	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
	Bilal al-Habashî (sahabi) \| damas \| →	d. ≤ 20 H	Damascus
	Hafaf b. Nadb (sahabi) \| damas \| cousin of Khansa’	d. 20 H	Damascus
	Amir al-Mu’minin ´Umar b. al-Khattab \| gfh \| 2nd of the Rightly guided khalifas	d. 24 H	Madina
	Aws b. Aws al-Thaqafi(sahabi) \| damas \| → d. towards the end of the caliphate of Sayyiduna `Uthman	d. … H.	Damascus
	Sahl b. al-Hanzhaliah (sahabi )	d. ~ 30 H	Damascus
	أبو الدرداء عويمر بن عامر الأنصاري الخزرجي Abu Darda’ (sahabi) \| sunnah (alim online) \| damas \| →	d. 32 H.	Damscus
	´Abd Allah b. Mas´ud (sahabi) \| awhamid \|	d. 33/34 H	Madina
	Amir al-Mu’minin ´Uthman b. al-´Affan (sahabi) \| gfh \| 3rd of the Rightly guided khalifas	d. 35 H	Madina
	Khawla bint al-Azwar (sahabiyyah or tabi`iyya)	d. 35 H	Damascus
	Salman al-Farisi (sahabi) \| damas \| awhamid \| →	d. 33/35 H.	Mada’in Arabia
	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
	Dihya al-Kalbi (sahabi) \| damas \| →	d. 45 H	Damascus
	Abu Shayba al-Khudri \| →	d. 49 H.	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’
	Hujr b. `Adî and his companions (sahabis) \| damas \|	d. 51 H.	outside Damascus
	Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (sahabi) \| awhamid \| →	d. 52/54 H	Constantinople Istanbul, Turkey
	Fadâlatu b. `Ubayd (sahabi) \| damas \|	d. 53 H	Damascus
	Sayyiduna al-Husayn ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib (sahabi) Sayyid al-Shuhada, Grandson of the Beloved of Allah	b. 4 – d. 61 H.	Karbala his noble head is buried in Damascus
	Mu`ayiah b. Abi Sufyan (sahabi)	d. 61 H	Damascus
	`Awf b. Malik al-Ashja´i (sahabi) \| damas \| →	d. 73 H	Damascus
	Wâthilah b. al-Asqa` (sahabi) \| damas \|	d. 83 H	Damascus
	أبو ذر الغفاري Abu Dharr al-Ghafari \| damas \| → visited Damascus
	Abu `Ubayda b. Jarrah \| damas \| wiki \| awhamid (sunnah) \| visited Damascus	d. 18 H. (640 CE)	Jordan
	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
	Wives of the Prophet (s) Hafsa Umm Habiba \| aa \| Umm Salamah \| awhamid \|		Damascus Bab Saghir
	Fidda (servant of Fatima Zahra)		Damascus Bab Saghir
^	1st century Hijri
	Abu Idris al-Khawlani (tabi`i) \| damas \|	d. 80	Damascus
	Jamil b. ´AbdAllah b. Ma´mar (tabi´i) \| damas \| → known as Jamil Buthayna	d. 82 H	Egypt
	Zayn al-‘Abidin Ali ibn al-Husayn (tabi’i)	94	Madina Baqi’
	أبو مسلم الخولاني Abu Muslim al-Khawlani (tabi`i) \| damas \| →	d. …H.	Damascus
	أبو الوليد عبد الملك بن مروان بن الحكم بن أبي العاص بن أمية القرشي `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
	عبد الله بن جعفر بن أبي طالب `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
^	2nd century Hijri
	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
	الفرزدق : أبو فراس همام بن غالب الدارمي التميمي Al-Farazdaq \| damas \| →	d. 149 H.	Damascus
	Ja’far al-Sadiq, Abu ‘Abd Allah	b. 83 – d. 148 H.	Madina
	AbdAllah b. Ja`far al-Sadiq \| damas \| →	d. 149 H.	Damascus
	Imam Abu Hanifa al-Nu’man (tabi´i) \| gfh (damas) \| →	b. 80 – d. 150 H.	Baghdad
	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.
	Imam Malik b. Anas b. Malik \| damas \|	b. 93 – d. 179 H.	Madina buried in al-Baqi’
	´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.
	Habib ibn Mohammad al-‘Ajami al-Basri \| → early sufi, companion of Hasan al-Basri and Ibn Sirin	d. 2nd century H.
^	3rd century Hijri
	Ma`ruf al-Karkhi \| damas \|	d. 200/201 H.	Baghdad
	Imam al-Shafi’i, , Muhammad b. Idris \| gfh (damas) \|	b. 150 H. – d. 204 H.	Ghazza – Cairo
	Al-Sayyida Nafisa \| damas بالعربية \|	d. 208 H.	Cairo
	سيدنا ومولانا إدريس الأزهر Moulay Idris al-Azhar →	d. 213 H.	Fas
	أبو سليمان عبد الرحمن بن عطية الداراني 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
	Abu al-Fayd Dhul-Nun al-Misri \| damas \|	d. 245
	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 \| damas \|	d. 283 H,
	Abul Qasim Al-Junayd al-Baghdadi \| damas \| →	d. 297 H.	Baghdad
^	4th century Hijri
	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
	أبو عبد الله محمد بن علي بن الحسين الترمذي Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi \| →	d. 320 H.
	Imam Abu Ja`far al-Tahawi \| damas \| →	d. 321 H.	Cairo
	Abul Hasan al-Ash’ari \| gfh (damas) \| → his students \| sunnah \|	b. 260 – d. 324 H.	Baghdad
	أبو الدحداح، أحمد بن محمد بن إسماعيل التيمي الدمشقي الصالحي 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.
^	5th century Hijri
	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.
	الخفظ أبو نعيم الأصبهاني 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
	Imam al-Bayhaqi al-Naysaburi, Abu Bakr \| gfh \| marifa \| →	b. 384 – d. 458 H.
	الخطيب البغدادي‎‎ Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi \| gfh (damas) \| sunnah \| →	d. 463 H.	Baghdad
	أبو الوليد الأندلسي القرطبي 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.
^	6th century Hijri
	Imam Abu Hamid al-Ghazali [GFH] →	b. 450 – d. 505	Tus
	Sheikh Rislan al-Dimashqi \| damas \| →	d. ~540 H.	Damascus
	Qadi Abul Bakr b. al-‘Arabi [ABewley] [Dar-sirr]	d. 543 H.
	Qadi ‘Iyad \| →	d. 544 H.	Marakesh
	Abul Hassan Ali ibn Harzihim \| →	d. 544 H.	Fas Bab al-Futuh
	Al-Hasan b. Masmâr al-Hilali \| damas \|	d. 546 H.	Damascus
	أبو البيان نبأ بن محمد بن محفوظ القرشي الدمشقي Abul-Bayan \| damas \| →	d. 551 H.	Damascus
	Ahamd b. Quddama \| damas \|	d. 558 H.	Damascus
	`Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani	d. 561 H.	Baghdad
	Abu Najib Dia’ al-Din al-Suhrawardi \| → Author of Adab al-Muridin	b. 490 – d. 563 H.	Baghdad
	Ibn `Asakir al-Dimashqi \| damas \| gfh \| →	d. 571 H.	Damascus
	أبو المعالي نسعود بن محمد بن مسعود النيسابوري 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
	السلطان أبو القاسم نور الدين محمود ين أبي سعيد زنكي Nur al-Din b. Zanki \| damas \| →	d. 579 H.	Damascus
	الشيخ أبو مدين شعيب بن الحسن الأندلسي التلمساني 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
	`Abd al-Rahman al-`Attar (Al-Zayyat) al-Madani \| damas \| →	~600	Madina
	Abu `Umar b. Ahmad b. Qudama \| damas \|	d. .. H.
^	7th century Hijri
	Sh. Ibrahim al-Desuqi \| damas \| →	d. 675 H.	Egypt
	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
	القطب المُنير سيدي الشيخ عبد السلام بن مشيش Sh. ´Abd al-Salam ibn Mashish \| damas \| →	622 H.	Maghrib
	الشيخ شهاب الدين أبو حفص عمر السهروردي البغدادي Shihab al-Din `Umar Abu Hafs al-Suhrawardi \| → author of Awarif al-Ma`arif	b. 539 – d. 632 H.	Baghdad
	Sh. ´Umar ibn al-Farid →	b. 576 – d. 632 H.	Egypt
	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
	سيدي الإمام أبو الحسن الشاذلي الحسني Imam Abul Hasan al-Shadhili al-Hasani \| damas \| →	d. 656 H.	Humaythira Egypt
	Yusuf al-Qamini \| damas \|	d. 657 H.	Damascus
	al-`Izz ibn `Abd al-Salam al-Sulami \| gfh \| “Sultan of the Scholars”	d. 660 H.
	الإمام عبد الرحمان بن إسماعيل بن إبراهيم عثمان المقدسي ثم الدمشقي، المعروف بأبي شامة Abu Shama damas \| →	d. 665 H.	Damascus
	Ibn Malik damas \| sahib al-Alfiyyah	d. 672 H.	Damascus
	`Abd Allah Ibn Abi Jamra \| damas \|	675 H.	Cairo
	Ahmad al-Badawi \| damas \| →	d. 675 H.	Tanta, Egypt
	Imam al-Nawawi \| damas \| →	d. 676 H.	Damascus
	Ibrahim al-Dasuqi	d. 676 H.
	Shams al-Din b ‘Umar b. Quddama \| damas \|	d. 682 H.	Damascus
	Imam al-Busiri al-Shadhili \| damas \| → author of Qasida al-Burda	d. 684 H.	Alexandria Egypt
	الشيخ سيدى الإمام أحمد أبو العباس المرسى Sh. Abul-‘Abbas al-Mursi al-Shadhili \| damas \| marifa \| →	d. 686 H.	Alexandria Egypt
	Ibn Malik the younger \| damas \|	d. 686 H.	Damascus
	Taj al-Din al-Fazari “al-Farkah” \| damas \|	d. 690 H.	Damascus
	Ibrahim ibn al-Muhaddith \| damas \|	d. 695 H.	Damascus
	Abu Bakr al-`Arudiki \| damas \| →	born 584 – d. … H.	Damascus
^	8th century Hijri
	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 Egypt
	Imam Ibn Daqiq al-Id \| →	d. 702 H.	Cairo
	الشيخ أحمد ابن عَطاء اللهِ السَّكَنْدَري Sh. Ahmad Ibn `Ata Allah al-Sakandari \| damas \| →	d. 709 H.	Cairo
	Sadr al-Din Suleyman ibn Hilal \| damas	d. 725 H.	Damascus
	Sh. Dawud b. Makhila (al-Bakhili) al-Shadhili \| →	d. 732/735 H.	Alexandria Egypt
	Ahmad al-Tabrizi al-Hanafi \| damas \| →	d. 735 H.	Damascus Kafar Susa
	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
	The Subki family brief \| extended Taqi al-Din al-Subki \| damas \| Taj al-Din al-Subki \| by David W. Myhram \|	d. 756 H. d. 771 H.	Cairo Damascus Qasiun
	Ibn Kathir \| damas \|	d. 774 H.	Damascus
	Muhammad b. al-Harr al-Hanafi \| damas \|	d. 789 H.	Damascus
^	9th century Hijri
	Sh. Shams al-Din al-Hanafi al-Shadhili \| →	b. 775 – d. 847 H.	Egypt
	Ibn Hajar al’Asqalani \| damas \|	b. 733 – d. 852 H.	Cairo
	Sh. Abul Mawahib al-Shadhili \| →	d. 881 / after 850 H.	Cairo
	`Abd al-Rahman al-`Ayni \| damas \| →	d. 893 H.	Damascus Salihiyya
	سيدي الإمام أحمد زروق الفاسي Sh. Ahmad Zarruq al-Fasi \| damas \| →	d. 899 H.	Misrata, Libya/td>
^	10th century Hijri
	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 Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti \| damas \| → Writings \| →	d. 911 H.	Cairo
	Ahmad b. Badr al-Din al-Hanafi \| damas \| →	d. 934 H.	Damascus
	Sayyidi Sh. ´Ali al-Khawas al-Shadhili → The Shaykh of Imam al-Sha´rani	d. 949 H.	Cairo
	Ibn Sultan al-Hanafi \| damas \|	d. 950 H.	Damascus
	Imam `Abd al-Wahhab al-Sha`rani \| → Writings \| →	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
^	11th century Hijri
	Mulla ‘Ali al-Qari kabbani \| marifa	d. 1014 H.
^	12th century Hijri
	Al-Sayyid Muhammad b. ´Abd al-Rasul al-Barzanji \| marifa \| Chief Shafi´i Mufti of Madina	b. 1040 – d. 1103 H.	Madina
	Sh. Abd al’Aziz al-Dabbagh \| darsirr \| →	b. 1095 – d. 1131/2 H. (1719 CE)	Fas
	`Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi \| damas \|	d. ~1150 H./1731 CE	Damascus
	Sh. ´Ali al-´Amarani al-Jamal al-Hasani →Shaykh of Imam ´Arabi al-Dirqawi	d. 1194	Fas
^	13th century Hijri
	سيدي الشيخ أحمد ابن عجيبة الحسني Sh. Ahmad ibn ´Ajiba al-Hasani →took the Shadhili Path from Sh. M. ibn Ahamd al-Buzidi Writings \| →	d. 1224 H	East of Tetuan
	Sh. Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Al-Buzidi \| →took the Shadhili Path from Imam al-Dirqawi	d. 1229 H.
	الشيخ السيد العربي بن أحمد الدِرقاوِي الحسني Mawlaya al-`Arabi al-Dirqawi al-Hasani \| damas \| →	d. 1239 H	near Fas
	Sheikh Khalid al-Baghdadi \| ghf (damas)	b. 1193 – d. 1242	Damascus
	سيدي الشيخ محمد أمين بن عمر بن عبد العزيز عابدين الحنفي الحسيني الدمشقي Sh. Muhammad Amin `Abidin \| damas \| → known as Ibn `Abidin, author of al-Hashia	d. 1252	Damascus
	Sh.Muhammad Harraq \| → took the Shadhili Path from Imam al-Dirqawi	d. 1261	Tetuan
	الشيخ محمد بن حسن ظافر بن حمزة ظافر Sh. Muhammad ibn Hamza ibn Zhafir al-Madani \| damas \| →	d. 1262	Mistrata, Libya
	Muhammad al-Mahdi al-Saklawi \| damas \|	d. 1278	Damascus
	الشيخ محمد بن مسعود المغربي الفاسي Sh. Muhammad ibn Mas´ud al-Fasi \| damas \| →	1289	Makka
^	14 – 15th century Hijri
	Al-Amir Sh. `Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza’iri al-Hasani \| damas \| → the famous mujahid against french colonizers	d. 1300 H.	Damascus
	الشيخ علاء الدين محمد بن (محمد أمين المعروف بابن عابدين) بن عمر بن عبد العزيز عابدين الحنفي الحسيني الدمشقي Sh. `Ala al-Din `Abidin \| damas \| marifa \| →	d. 1306 H.	Damascus
	الشيخ السيد محمد الطيب الحسني Sh. Muhammad al-Tayyib al-Hasani al-Shadhili \| damas \| →	d. 1313 H.	Damascus
	Sh. Muhammad Zhafir (the son) \| →	1321 H.	Istanbul
	الشيخ السيد محمد المبارك الحسني Sh. Muhammad al-Mubarak al-Hasani al-Shadhili \| damas \| →	d. 1330 H.	Damascus
	Imam Ahmad Rada Khan \| →	d. 1340 H. (1921 CE.)	Bareilly, India
	Qadi Yusuf al-Nabhani \| gfh (damas) \|	b. 1265 – d. 1342 H.	Beirut
	Sheikh Muhammad ibn Yallis al-Tlimsani \| damas \| →	d. 1346/7 H.	Damascus
	محدث الشام الأكبرالشيخ محمد بدر الدين بن يوسف الحسني المغربي الاصل الدمشقي Sheikh Badr al-Din al-Hasani \| damas \| → known in Sham as “al-muhaddith al-akbar”	d. 1354 H.	Damascus
	Sh. Sharif al-Yaqoubi \| damas \| →	b. 1282 – d. 1362 H.	Damascus
	الشيخ السيد إسماعيل اليعقوبي الحسني Sh. Isma`il al-Yaqoubi \| damas \| →	d. 1380 H.	Damascus
	Sh. Muhammad al-Hashimi \| damas \| marifa \| →	b. 1298 d. 1381 H. (1880–1961 CE)	Damascus
	الشريف الشيخ محمد أبو اليسر بن محمد عابدين الحسيني Sh. Abul Yusr `Abidin \| damas \| → Hanafi Mufi of Damascus	d. 1401 H.	Damascus
	الشيخ السيد إبراهيم اليعقوبي الحسني Sh. Ibrahim al-Yaqoubi \| damas \| marifa \| →	d. 1406 H.(1985 CE)	Damascus
	Sheikh Muhammad Sukkar \| marifa \|	d. 1429 H.	Damascus
	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
	Sh. Shukri Luhafi al-Shadhili \| marifa \| →	b. 1338 – d. H./ 2015 CE	Damascus
	Sheikh Muhammad al-Ya`qubi \| damas \| → may Allah preserve him for the benefit of the ummah	b. 1382 H./ 1961 CE –	Damascus
^	Scholarly families
	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 \| →]
	The Kettani family: Sheikh Muhammad b. Ja`far (d. 1345 in Fas) Sheikh Muhammad al-Makki (d. 1393)
	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 \| →
	The Kettani family: Sheikh Muhammad b. Ja`far (d. 1345 in Fas) Sheikh Muhammad al-Makki (d. 1393)
	The ‘Abidin family: Sheikh Muhammad b. Ja`far (d. 1345 in Fas) Sheikh Muhammad al-Makki (d. 1393)

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“Use time wisely and be always in the presence (of the masters)
and know that grace selects the one who is present”
Qasida by Abu Madyan

At the foot of the Qasiun mountain, north of the ancient nucleus of Damascus, lies the green dome covering the grave of Muhyi al-Din ibn al `Arabi. Next to it is a mosque, surrounded by pulsating market streets. To the East is the historical Hanabila-mosque, built by those who were driven from al-Quds by the crusaders. Great mawlids where held there in the past, and many female hadith narrators sat to teach in it. Further down lies the modern Shari’a institute of Abu Nur. From there the Suzuki cabs climb up the mountain above Rukn al-Din, where Turks sought and found an environment more supportive of the Deen than Atatürk’s. Going westwards, one gets to the al-`Afif – the old quarters of “the virtuous.” On the hill sides above it is the region of “the immigrants” – al-Muhajirin. The name refers to Russians and Kurds who settled in Damascus at the time of the Salah al-Din (himself a kurd), around the time of the last crusade. At that time the entire region at the foot of the Qasioun mountain was called al-Salihiyyah – “abode of the rightous”.

Muhiy al-Din ibn al-`Arabi lived before all that. It is said that his teacher and master once sent him to fill a water jar to its brim and then carry it throught the crowded market, taking care not to spill a single drop. On his return, the he asked him: What did you see in the market? And he answered: My master, I was unable to notice anything in the market, because my mind was absorbed in the effort not to spill any water.

The story came to my mind while walking these market streets for the first time some four years ago, and I made it my intention not to look right nor left, just follow the straight path ahead.

That was not diffciult at that time, since I didn’t know my way around. There were not so many choices to be made, and hence not many things that could destract me.

Now everything is different. I move freely all over Sham, winding my way though the narrow streets of the old city or roaming the suburbs that emerge at an explosive rate south of the Damascus, frequenting the the new-rich people of Abu Rumanah and Maliki or poorer people of upper Muhajirin, young identity-seeking modern intellectuals or the dispossessed nobility of traditional scholarship. Everywhere and nowhere is my place. And at every moment I have to remind myself that my time here is limited, that I need to focus on what is essential, and not allow myself to be distracted, else I will return with a half-full or empty water jar.

Between the resting place of Muhiy al-Din ibn al-`Arabi and al-`Afif is the house of the Syrian dentist Dr Ahmad and his lovely wife Liliana, who set out to try their luck in Europe. In the mean time they are rentiing their home to three foreign students, one of which is me. I am sitting in the balcony upstaris, where we have our rooms for study and rest. By my side are the flower pots where lady Liliana has written instructions for watering, and in front of me is a pomegranate tree tree overshadowing the the enclsosed courtyard. The lush greenery against the bright white walls under the light blue sky unfold a remarkable serenity, so unexpected that it appears almost unreal, when entering the door from the business and noise of the market. Stepping into the quiet courtyard, all of a sudden one finds oneself as if in a different world. Out there one needs fix the eye firmly on the stone pavement, otherwise one’s intentions will dissolve and dissipate in all directions – here inside thoughts tend to automatically focus around an invisible pole rising from the centre of the yard to the summit of the sky.

What I have gained over the past years is not mere increase in knowledge or fluency in language – it is the ability to grasp concepts, build arguments and assimilate thinking structures. Sciences are built upon logic – definiton – theorem – proof. Terms are defined, statements made and proofs presented. However, before all that there has to be an understanding of underlying concepts, else we don’t know what we are talking about – this is called tasawwur – conceptualization. It appears that my feet have touched that ground on which to stand. Or in other words: I am now ready to begin my studies.

Early morning hours over a cup of coffey – that is the best time, and the most pleasant place to be is up here on the balcony. At noontime one seeks refuge from the sun in the livning room downstairs, until the late afternoon throws its shadows over the courtyard and a soft evening breeze invites to return to the balcony. The wind always rises at the time of sunset, and leaves behind a thin layer of sand, as if it wanted to remind us that we are infact the middle of the desert.

If it takes four years to begin, how long will it take to complete? I don’t know, and it may be meaningless to ask. The courtyard and the tree, the white walls and the daily routines – all that gives an illusion of settledness, whereas the truth is that the lush freshness of this oasis is more of a temporary halt. I never know in advance where and when I will find it, nor how long I can sit and drink from its water – I just live these moments as they are given, grasping the day, as advised in a famous poem of one of the teachers of Muhyi al-Din ibn al-`Arabi:

“Use time wisely and be always present
– and know that grace selects the one who is there”

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أبو البيان نبأ بن محمد بن محفوظ القرشي الدمشقي
d. 551 H. in Damascus
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Nabâ ibn Muhammad ibn Mahfûzh al-Qurashi al-Dimashqi
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d. 578
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d. 32 H. in Rabdha, near Madina
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أبو سليمان عبد الرحمن بن عطية الداراني
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12. Abū Sulaymān cAbd al-Rahmān bin cAtīya al-Dārānī(1)
1. [Han] kom från Dārān(2), en av byarna kring Damaskus, och dog år 215 (år 830 A.D.). Jag hörde Muhammad al-Husayn säga, att cAbd Allāh bin Muhammad al-Rāzī sagt, att han hört Ishaq bin Ibrāhīm bin Abū Hassān säga, att han hört Ahmad bin Abū ‘l-Hawārī säga, att han hade hört Abū Sulaymān säga ‘Den som gör gott om dagen belönas om natten, och den som gör gott om natten belönas om dagen. Om någon uppriktigt försöker lämna ett begär, så avleder Gud det från hans hjärta. Gud den högste är alltför ädel för att plåga ett hjärta med ett begär, som man vill lämna för Hans skull!’.

2.Enlig samma berättarkedja [isnād] sade han också: »När Denna världen dväljes i ett hjärta förflyttar sig Den kommande världen bort från det.»

3. Jag hörde sufimästaren Abū cAbd al-Rahmān al-Sulamī {Gud förbarme sig över honom!} säga, att han hört al-Husayn bin Yahyā säga, att han hört Djacfar bin Muhammad bin Nusayr säga, att han hört al-Djunayd säga, att Abū Sulaymān ad-Dārānī hade sagt: »Ibland hamnar något folkligt talesätt i mitt hjärta [och ligger där] några dagar, men [sen] tar jag det till mig endast utifrån två välgrundade vittnen: Koranen och Profetens goda exempel [sunna].»

4. Abū Sulaymān sade: »Den yppersta handling en människa kan utföra är att motsätta sig själens trängtan [hawan].»

5. Han sade: »Varje ting har ett kännetecken, och tecknet på att man inte längre är väl mottagen (hos Gud) är att man slutat gråta.»

6. Han sade: »Det finns ingenting som inte anfrätes, och det som hjärtats ljus anfrätes av är en full mage.»

7. Han sade: »Allt som distraherar dig från Gud, såsom familj, pengar eller barn, är olycksbringande för dig.»

8. Abū Sulaymān sade: »En kall natt befann jag mig i bönenischen (i moskén) och kylan besvärade mig, så jag gömde ena handen från kylan medan den andra var utsträckt [i bön]. Sen somnade jag till och en röst ropade då till mig ‘Abū Sulaymān! Vi har i din hand lagt det den sträckt ut sig mot. Hade den andra också varit framme, hade vi även lagt i den!’. Då svor jag vid min själ att jag aldrig [mer] skulle be utan att båda mina händer skulle vara utsträckta, vare sig det rådde hetta eller kyla.»

9. Abū Sulaymān sade: »Jag somnade bort från min litania-bön [wird] en gång och se: då står jag där hos en av Paradisets skönheter [hawrā´] som säger till mig ‘Du sover, och jag är redo för dig sedan femhundra år i kvinnogemaken!’.»

10. cAbd Allāh bin Yūsuf al-Isbahānī sade, att Abū cAmr al-Djūlāstī sagt, att Muhammad bin Ismācīl sagt, att Ahmad bin Abū ‘l-Hawārī hade sagt: »Jag gick in till Abū Sulaymān en dag. Han satt och grät, så jag frågade honom ‘Vad är det som får dig att gråta?’, och han sade ‘Ahmad, varför skulle jag då inte gråta? När natten bryter in, när ögonen har slutits till sömn och varje älskare är ensam med sin älskade, när de som älskar Gud slagit slagit sig ned på sina bönemattor(3) och deras tårar strömmar ned på deras kinder och droppar ned i deras bönenischer [mahārīb] och Den ärorike [al-djalīl] {upphöjd och hög är Han!}, som övervakar [dem ]från ovan, [då] ropar ut “O du Gabriel! Framför mina ögon finns de som finner behag i Mitt ord [kalām-ī] och själsro i ihågkallandet av Mig [dhikr-ī]. Dem övervakar Jag i deras ensamheter, hör deras suckar och ser deras gråt. Varför ropar du inte, Gabriel, till dem ‘Varför denna gråt?’. Har ni sett en älskande plåga sin älskade? Hur skulle det passa sig att Jag straffar folk när natten faller på och de smickrar Mig? Jag svär vid Mig själv: Ja, när de kommer till Mig på Uppståndelsens Dag skall Jag avtäcka Mitt ädla ansikte för dem, så att de kan se på Mig och Jag på dem!”‘.»

1) Död 215/830. Namnet på den by Abū Sulaymān kom ifrån har, förutom formen Dārān, även formerna Dārā och Dārayya, av vilka nisba-formen blir dārā´ī. Dessa varianter med motsvarande återges i Ansārīs kommentar (Al-Risāla al-qushayrīya, del I, p. 113).
Erik Hermelins översättning av kapitlet om Abū Sulaymān al-Dārānī i cAttārs Tadhkiratu’l-awliyā´ finns att läsa i hans TAZKIRATÚL’L-AWLIYÁ – VÄNNERNAS MINNE, del II, pp. 25-40: Abū Sulaimān Dārā´ī. I cAttārs persiska text står det Dārayya med nisba-formen dārā´ī, och Erik Hermerlin skriver därför helt korrekt al-Dārā´ī i enlighet med sin persiska textförlaga (Tadkirat al-awliyā´, ed. R. Nicholson (1905-07), del I, s. 229. Richard Gramlich ger Abū Sulaymān nisba-formen “ad-Dārānī” trots att han föredrar Dārayya som ortnamn efter att ha listat varianterna ovan (Das Sendschreiben al-Qušayrīs…, s. 54, not nr. 79).

2) Dārān: formerna Dārā och Dārayya förekommer också (se not 1).

3) när de som älskar Gud slagit sig ned på sina bönemattor: ordagrant “när kärlekens folk sträckt ut sina fötter” [wa’ftarasha ahl al-mahabba aqdāmahum].

Biography in Al-Risala al-Qushayriyya – t.b.d
He was from Daran…