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Salahuddin
Al-Ayyubi (ra) in Damascus, Syria
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1.
Ibrahim Bin Adham was
popularly known as Abu Ben Adhem. His full name was
Sultan Ibrahim bin Adham, Bin Mansur al-Balkhi al- Ijli,
Abu Ishaq.
His
Life He was born in Balkh on the east of Khurasan. His
family was from the Kufa and were descendants of the
second Caliph Omar bin Khattab. He was the king of Balkh
but abandoned the throne to become a Sufi saint. According
to the Arabic and Persian sources like al- Bukhari (
d. 870) and many others, Ibrahim Bin Adham received
a warning from God and abdicated his throne to take
up the ascetic life in Syria. He died in 777-8 and is
believed to be buried in Syrian town of Jabala.
His Legend His legend enlarged gradually from al-Bukhari
to Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani and after its full formation
around the eleventh century, expanded to central Asia
under the Mongols, Anatolia under the Ottoman rule,
North India in the age of the Tughluqids, and Malaysia
during the seventeenth century as revealed in the works
by R. Jones.
His
Clans Although his children continue to rule Central
Asia, the kingdom came to an end after Farrukh Shah
Kabuli's son was killed fighting Mongols and the uprooted
family moved East to Punjab (now part of Pakistan and
then to India and up to Bangladesh. Baba Farid Ganj
Shakar the famous Punjabi poet and Sufi Saint was one
of his descendants. Adhamies of South Asia call themselves
Farooqi.
His
Masters and Students His master was Fudhail Bin Iyadh
whose master was Abdul Waahid Bin Zaid whose master
was Hasan al-Basri. His successor was Huzaifah Al-Mar’ashi..
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2. Abu Ishaq Shami
.
A Sufi Sheikh Abu Ishaq Shami is one of the first among
the sufi order, namely Chishti Order to call himself
Chisti. This indicates that he belongs to the Chishti
Order.The name Shami implies he came from Syria or even
from Damascus (ash-Sham). Abu Ishaq Shami is supposedly
to have met a Sufi who directed him to settle in Chisht,and
acccordingly he is known as Abu Ishaq Shami Chishti.
He died in 940 C.E. in Damascus and lies buried on Mount
Qasiyun, where later on also Ibn al-Arabi was buried.
Looking at the date of his death it is considered that
the Chishti Order is one of the oldest, if not the oldest
now still existing sufi order. However according to
most of the Sufi orders it is considered that their
orginations are directly from the time period of the
Prophet Mohammad and the Prophet him self.
His
Masters and Students Shaikh Ilw Mumshad Dinwari was
his Master. He may had many Khalifa's but Abu Ahmad
Abdal carries the Chisti Chain to South Asia.
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3.
Moulana Sheikh Abdulah Faiz Dhagistani... click
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4.
Sayyid Muhammad Amin ibn Sayyid Úmar ibn
Sayyid Ábd al-Áziz ibn Sayyid
Ahmed ibn Sayyid Ábd ar-Rahim ibn Sayyid Najmuddin
ibn Sayyid Muhammad Salahuddin widely known as ‘Ibn
Áabidin’ is praised in these words: the
prominent, praiseworthy and noble scholar; an ocean
of knowledge; the master scholar [jahbadh]; the great
jurist [faqih]; the genius; the finest among the later
scholars and the last of the research scholars; one
with an exalted ancestry [hasib,nasib]; the erudite
Imam; the litterateur.
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5.
The Syrian city of
Aleppo is famous for its rich history of Islamic scholarship;
hence, it is often referred to as ‘the city of
scholars’. Aleppo is the cradle of many pious and
leading scholars of Islam. Amongst them was the Friend
and Gnostic of Allah `azza wa-jall, `Allama `Abdallah
Sirajuddin al-Husayni radiallahu `anhu, an extraordinary
scholar who dedicated his entire life to the service
of Islam.
For
his full biography, click on his name below and repeat
this on the website:
Shaykh
`Abdallah Sirajuddin
The light of Aleppo
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