Sahaba
|
|
Name |
Date of
passing |
Dirar b.
al-Azwar al-Asadi (sahabi) |
d.~11 H in Damascus |
Amir al-Mu'minin Sayiduna Abu
Bakr al-Siddiq (sahabi) |
d. 13 H. in Madina
|
Khalid
b.
Sa`id (sahabi) Salama b. Hisham (sahabi) Sa`d b. `Ibadah (sahabi) Harmala b. Wa'il (sahabi) Jâbir b.Mas`ud (sahabi) |
d.
14 H in Damascus |
Shurahbil
b. Hasanah
(sahabi) al-`Abbas b. Mardas Abi `Amir al-Salmi (sahabi) son of Khansa' the poetress |
d.
18 H
in Damascus
|
Yazid b. Abi Sufyan (sahabi ) | d. 18 or
19 H in Damascus |
Bilal al-Habashî (sahabi) | d. ≤ 20 H in Damascus |
Hafaf b. Nadba
(sahabi) cousin of Khansa', |
d. 20 H in Damascus |
Aws b. Aws
al-Thaqafi
(sahabi) d. towards the end of the caliphate of Sayyiduna `Uthman |
d. ... H.
in Damascus
|
Sahl b.
al-Hanzhaliah (sahabi ) |
d. ~ 30 H in Damascus |
Abu
Darda' (sahabi) |
d. 32 H. in Damscus |
Khawla
bint al-Azwar (sahabiyyah or tabi`iyya) |
d. 35 H
in Damascus
|
Salman al-Farisi
(sahabi) |
d. 33/35
H. in Mada'in (Arabia) |
Sayyiduna
Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah ennoble his face) (sahabi) the Lion of Allah, Door to the City of Knowledge, Vicegerent of the Prophet (upon him be peace), Subduer of Khaybar, Imam of Imams, Abu Turab, Prince of the Believers |
d. 40 H.
in Kufa
|
Dihya al-Kalbi (sahabi) | d. 45 H in Damascus |
Sayyiduna
al-Hasan ibn Ali ibn
Abi Talib (upon him be peace) (sahabi) the First of the Qutbs, Master of the People of Islam, Grandson of the Beloved of Allah |
d. 50 H. in al-Madina buried in al-Baqi' |
Hujr b. `Adî and his companions (sahabis) | d. 51 H. outside Damascus |
Fadâlatu b. `Ubayd (sahab) | d. 53 H in Damascus |
Sayyiduna
al-Husayn ibn Ali ibn
Abi Talib (upon him be peace) (sahabi) Sayyid al-Shuhada, Grandson of the Beloved of Allah |
b. 4 –
d. 61 H.
in Karbala
his noble head is buried in Damascus |
Mu`ayiah
b.
Abi
Sufyan (sahabi)
|
d. 61 H in Damascus |
`Awf b. Malik al-Ashjari (sahabi) | d. 73 H in Damascus |
Wâthilah b. al-Asqa` (sahabi) | d. 83 H in Damascus |
Sahaba who
visited
Damascus Abu Dharr al-Ghafari (d. H.) Abu `Ubayda (d. H) |
|
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 buried in 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 Umm Salamah |
|
Fidda (servant of Fatima Zahra) | |
|
|
Abu
Idris
al-Khawlani (tabi`i) |
d. 80 in Damascus |
Ali bn al-Husayn Zayin al-'Abidin (tabi'i) |
94 in Madina buried in al-Baqir |
Abu Muslim
al-Khawlani
(tabi`i) |
d. ...H in Damascus |
`Abd al-Malik b.
Marwan |
d. 87 in Damascus |
Sa'id b. al-Musayyab (tabi'i) | d. 94 in Madina |
al-Walid b. `Abd
al-Malik |
d. 96 in Damascus |
`Abd
Allah b. Ja`far
b. Abi Talib |
d. ... H in Damascus |
Makhul |
d. –100 H in Damascus |
Mu`awiah b. Yazid b.
Mu`awiah |
d. ... H in Damascus |
|
|
Qasim b. Muhammad b. Abu Bakr | d. 107/8/9 in Madina |
Hasan al-Basri |
d. 110 in Baghdad |
Muhammad al-Baqir, Abu Ja'far | b. 57 - d. 114 H. in Madina |
Ja'far al-Sadiq, Abu 'Abd
Allah |
b. 83 - d.
148 H. in Madina |
Imam Abu Hanifa
al-Nu'man |
b. 80 - d.
150 in Baghdad |
Al-Awza'i |
d. 158 |
Dawud al-Ta'i |
d. 160/165 |
Ibrahim b. Adham | d. 161 |
Sufyan al-Thawri "faqih of the Sufis" |
b. 97 - d.
161 |
'Abd Allah b. Mubarak author of Kitab az-zuhd wa al-raqai'q |
d. 177 |
Imam Malik b. Anas
b. Malik |
b. 93 - d.
179 H. in Madina buried in al-Baqi' |
'Abd
Allah ibn
al-Mubarak |
b. 118 -
d.181 in Hit |
Qadi Abul
Yusuf |
d. 182 |
Al-Fudayl ibn `Iyad | d. 187 in Makka |
Muhammad
Hasan
al-Shaybani |
d. 189 |
AbdAllah
b.
Ja`far
al-Sadiq |
d. ~200 in Damascus |
Habib al-'Ajani transmitted from Hasan al-Basri and Ibn Sirin |
d. 2nd centtury |
|
|
Ma`ruf al-Karkhi | d. 200/201 in Baghdad |
Imam al-Shafi'i,
Muhammad b.
Idris |
b. 150 -
d.
204 H. in Cairo |
Al-Sayyida Nafisa |
d. 208 in Cairo |
Moulay Idris al-Azhar | d. 213 in Fas |
Abu Sulayman
al-Darani |
d. 215 in Dara near Damascus |
al-Tunukhi, Sahnun
b. Sa'id b.
Habib author of "Al-Mudawwana" |
b. 160 -
d.
240 in Magrib |
Imam Ahmad b. Hanbal |
d. 241 |
Harith al-Muhasibi companion of al-Junayd |
b. 165
– d. 243in Basrah |
Abu al-Fayd Dhul-Nun al-Misri | d. 245 |
Sari al-Saqati | d. 253 in Baghdad |
Abu Yazid al-Bistami
|
d. 261 in Bistam (Iraq) or Damascus |
Sahl al-Tustari | d. 283 |
Al-Junayd al-Bagdhadi, Abul Qasim | d. 297 in Baghdad |
|
|
Muhammad b. `AbdAllah descentdant of Ja`far al-Sadiq | d. – 300 in Damascus |
Al-Tabari, Abu
Ja'far |
d. 310 |
Imam Abu
Ja`far al-Tahawi |
d. 321 in Cairo |
Abul Hasan
al-Ash'ari __ his students (external link) |
b. 260 -
d.
324 in Baghdad |
Abul Dahdâh al-Salihi |
d. 328 in Damascus |
Muhammad al-Maturidi |
d. 333 in Samarkand |
Abul-Husayn
al-Khiraqi |
d. 334 in Damascus |
Abu Bakr al-Shibli | b. 247 -
d.
334 in Baghdad |
Al-Najjad
al-Baghdadi
al-Hanbali |
d. 348 |
|
|
Ibn
al-Baqillani |
d. 403 |
Al-Hakim
al-Naysaburi |
b. 321 -
d.
405 |
Ibn Furak |
d. 406 in Hira, Nisabur |
Al-Sulami |
b. 325 -
d.
412 in Naysabur |
Abul Hasan
al-Quduri |
d. 428 in Baghdad |
Abd
al-Qahir
al-Baghdadi |
d. 429 |
Abul
Nu'aym
al-Asbahani |
b. 336 -
d.
430 |
Abu 'Uthman al-Sabuni | d. 449 |
al-Mawardi, Abul
Hasan |
b. ~362
d. 448in Basra in Baghdad |
al-Bayhaqi
al-Naysaburi, Abu
Bakr |
b. 384 -
d.
458 |
Al-Khatib
al-Baghdadi |
d. 463 in Baghdad |
Abul Walid
al-Baji
al-Qurtubi al-Maliki |
b. 403 -
d.
474 in al-Andalus |
Ibn al-Juwayni,
Abul
Ma'ali also known as Imam al-Haramayn, teacher of al-Ghazali |
b. 419 -
d.
478 |
Al-Juwayni,
Abu
Muhammad al-Ta'i father of Imam al-Haramayn |
d. 483 |
Sheikh
Nasr
al-Maqdisi |
d. 490 in Damascus |
|
|
Imam Abu Hamid al-Ghazali | b. 450 – d. 505 in Tus |
Al-Daylami |
d. 509 |
Al-Baghwi |
d. 516 |
Sheikh Rislan al-Dimashqi | d. ~540 in Damascus |
´Imad al-Din al-Zanki |
d. 541 |
Qadi
Abul Bakr b.
al-'Arabi |
d. 543 |
Qadi 'Iyyad |
d. 544 in Marakesh |
al-Hasan b.
Masmâr al-Hilali |
d. 546 in Damascus |
Abul-Bayan |
d. 551 in Damascus |
Ahamd b. Quddama |
d. 558 in Damascus |
`Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani | d. 561 in Baghdad |
Abu Najib Dia' al-Din al-Suhrawardi | d. 563 in Baghdad |
Nur al-Din b. Zanki | d. 569 in Damascus |
Ibn
`Asakir |
d. 571 in Damascus |
Abu al-Ma`ali
al-Nisaburi |
d. 578 in Damascus |
Ahmad al-Rifa'i | b. 512 - d. 578 H. in the village of Umm 3Abida in BaTa'iH |
Sultan Salahudin al-Ayyub | d. 589 in Damascus |
Abu Madyan Shu`ayb | d. 594 in Tlimsan, Maghrib / or Egygpt |
Ibn al-Jauzi |
d. 597 in Baghdad |
Abu `Umar
b. Ahmad b.
Qudama |
d. .. H. in Damascus |
|
|
Fakh al-Din
al-Razi |
b. 543 -
d.
606 |
Ibn Athir |
d. 606 or d. 630 |
Al Fakhr b.
`Asakir [ZaSH p. 35] |
d. 620 in Damascus |
Ibn Quddamah Al-Maqdisi | d. 620 in Damascus |
'Abd al-Salam ibn Mashish | 622 on mount `Alam in Maghrib |
Shihab al-Din `Umar ibn
Muhammad
al-Suhrawardi author of Awarif al-Ma`arif |
b. 529 – d.
632
in Baghdad |
Muhyi
al-Din ibn
al-`Arabi known as Al-Sheikh al-Akbar |
d. 638 in Damascus |
Taqi al-Din b.
al-Salah [ZaSH p. 37] |
d. 643 in Damascus |
Diya'
al-Din
al-Maqdisi |
d. 643 in Damascus |
Ibn
Qadi al-`Askar
al-Hanafi |
d. 651 in Damascus |
Sibt ibn
al-Jawzi |
d. 654 in Damascus |
`Abd al- Rahman
b.
Nuh [ZaSH p. 36] |
d. 654 in Damascus |
Imam Abul-Hasan al-Shadhili al-Hasani | d. 656 Humaythira, Egypt |
Yusuf
al-Qamini |
d. 657 in Damascus |
Abu Shama |
d. 665 in Damascus |
Ibn Malik
sahib
al-alfiyyah |
d. 672 in Damascus |
`Abd Allah Ibn Abi Jamra | 675 in Cairo |
Ahmad al-Badawi | d. 675 in Tanta, Egypt |
Imam
al-Nawawi |
d. 676 in Damascus |
Ibrahim al-Dasuqi | d. 676 |
Shams al-Din b
'Umar b.
Qudama |
d. 682 in Damascus |
Imam al-Busiri al-Shadhili author of Qasida al-Burda |
d. 684 in Alexandria |
Abul-'Abbas al-Mursi al-Shadhili | d. 686 in Alexandria, Egypt |
Ibn
Malik
the yonger (d. 686) |
d. 686 in Damascus |
Taj
al-Din al-Fazari "al-Farkah" |
d. 690 in Damascus |
Ibrahim ibn al-Muhaddith | d. 695 in Damascus |
Abu Bakr al-`Arudiki (born 584 - d. H.) | d. ... H. in Damascus |
|
|
Yaqut al-`Arshi al-Shadhili | d. 707 in Alexandria |
Ibn `Ata Allah al-Sakandari | d. 709 in Cairo |
Sadr
al-Din
Suleyman ibn
Hilal |
d. 725 in Damascus |
Ibn Taymiyyah |
d. 728 in Damascus |
Ibrahim b.
Suleyman
al-Qunuwi |
d. 732 in Damascus |
Ahmad al-Tabrizi
al-Hanafi |
d. 735 in Damascus |
Ibrahim
b.
Sultan
al-Hanafi |
d. 738 in Damascus |
Al-Mizzi |
d. 742 in Damascus |
Shams
al-Din al-Dhahabi |
d. 748 in Damascus |
Ibn
Qayyim
al-Jawziyya |
d. 751 in Damascus |
The Subki
family: Taqi al-Din al-Subki (756 H.) Taj al-Din al-Subki (d. 771 H.) |
|
Ibn Kathir |
d. 774 in Damascus |
Muhammad b. al-Harr
al-Hanafi |
d. 789 in Damascus |
Ibn Rajab
al-Hanbal |
d. 795 in Damascus |
|
|
Al-Balqini |
d. 805 |
Al-Iraqi |
d. 806 |
Al-Haythami |
d. 907 |
Ibn Hajar
al'Asqalani |
b. 733 - d. 852
in Cairo |
Imam al-Jazuli
al-Shadhili author of Dala'il al-Khayrat |
d. 869/870/873 |
`Abd
al-Rahman al-`Ayni |
d. 893
in Damascus
|
Sheikh Ahmad Zarruq al-Fasi al-Shadhili | d. 899 in Tripoli |
|
|
Abu
Ishaq Ibrahim al-Naji |
d. 900 in Damascus |
Al-Sakhawi |
d. 902 |
Imam `Abd al-Wahhab al-Sha`rani | d. 905 in Cairo |
Imam Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti |
d. 911 in Cairo |
Ahmad b. Badr
al-Din al-Hanafi |
d. 934 in Damascus |
Ibn
Sultan al-Hanafi |
d. 950 in Damascus |
Al-Sha'rani, "Abd al-Wahhab |
d. 973 in 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 in Damascus |
|
|
Mulla 'Ali
al-Qari |
d. 1014 |
Al-Munawi |
d. 1031 |
Muhamamd b. Muhammad b.
Sulayman |
d. 1094 |
|
|
`Abd
al-Ghani
al-Nabulsi (d. ~1150 H. / 1731 CE) |
d. –1150 in Damascus |
Al-San´ani |
d. 1182 |
|
|
Al-Zubaydi |
d. 1205 |
Mawlaya al-`Arabi al-Darqawi al-Hasani al-Shadhili |
d. 1239 near Fas |
Sheikh Khalid al-Baghdadi |
b. 1193 -
d. 1242in Damascus |
Muhammad
Amin
`Abidin known as Ibn `Abidin, author of al-Hashia |
d. 1252 in Damascus |
Al-Sahwkani |
d. 1255 |
Muhammad
al-Mahdi
al-Saklawi |
d. 1278 in Damascus |
Sheikh Muhammad ibn Mas`ud al-Fasi |
1289 Makka |
|
|
Al-Amir `Abd
al-Qadir
al-Jaza'iri al-Hasani al-Shadhili the famous mujahid against french colonizers |
d. 1300 in Damascus |
Abul Hasanat Muhammad Abdul Hayy al-Ansari al-Laknawi |
b. 1264
d. 1304 |
Sheikh
`Ala
al-Din `Abidin |
d. 1306 in Damascus |
Muhammad Siddiq Hasan Khan | b. 1248 - d.1307
|
Muhammad al-Tayyib al-Hasani al-Khalwati thumma al-Shadhili | d. 1313 in Damascus |
Sheikh
Muhammad
al-Mubarak |
d. 1330 in Damascus |
Qadi Yusuf
al-Nabhani |
b. 1265 d. 1342
in Beirut |
Sheikh Bar al-Din al-Hasani |
b. 1267 d.1354
|
Sheikh Muhammad ibn
Yallis |
d. 1357 in Damascus |
Sheikh
Badr al-Din al-Hasani known in Sham as "al-muhaddith al-akbar" |
d. 1354 in Damascus |
Sheikh Isma`il
al-Yaqoubi |
d. 1380 in Damascus |
Sheikh Muhammad
al-Hashimi al
Hasani |
d. 1381 in Damascus |
Sheikh Abul Yusr
`Abidin |
d. 1401 in Damascus |
Sheikh Ibrahim
al-Yaqoubi |
d. 1406 in Damascus |
Abd al-Qadir Arnaut |
d. 1425 |
Sheikh Muhammad Sukkar | d. 1429 in Damascus |
Sheikh Ahmad Habbal al-Rifa'i |
d. 1430
in Damascus
|
Sheikh Muhammad al-Ya`qubi | b. 1382 - may Allah preserve him for
the
benefit of the ummah
|
Sheikh
Shukri Lahafi |
b. 1338 - in Damascus
|
Sheikh
Abd
al-Razzaq al-Halabi |
b. 1343 - in Damascus
|
Scholarly
families ^
|
|
The Ya`qubi
family Overview: Shaykh Muhammad al-Siddiq (d. 1307) Sheikh Muhammad al-Sharif (d. 1362) Sheikh Isma`il al-Yaqoubi (d.1380) Shaykh Muhammad 'Arabi (d. 1384) Sheikh Ibrahim al-Yaqoubi (d.1406) Sheikh Muhammad al-Ya`qubi (born 1382) |
|
The
Kettani family: Sheikh Muhammad b. Ja`far (d. 1345 in Fas) Sheikh Muhammad al-Makki (d. 1393) |
|
The
'Abidin family: Overview |
|
Sources:
RB : الروض البهية في فضائل دمشق للصيادي Reference works:
Links to on-line biograpical encyclopedia:Imam Subki: Tabaqat al-Shafi'iyya Ibn Khalikan: Wafayat al-A'lam Ibn Hajar: Taqrib al-Tahdhib Ibn Hajar: Al-Isaba Ibn Athir: Usd al-Ghaba fi ma'rifati al-Sahaba Ibn Kathir: Al-bidaya wa al-Nihaya Al-Wafidi: Futuh al=Sham Al-Suyuti: Lubb al-Lubab (spelling of names) Al-Qalqashnadi: Ansab al-"Arab Downloads of biograpical encyclopedia |
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The
Kettani family: Sheikh Muhammad b. Ja`far (d. 1345 in Fas) Sheikh Muhammad al-Makki (d. 1393) |
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The
'Abidin family: Sheikh Muhammad b. Ja`far (d. 1345 in Fas) Sheikh Muhammad al-Makki (d. 1393) |
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2007
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