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ShaykhAbdul Qadir Jilani
عبد القادر الجيلاني
Jilani's tomb in Baghdad, Iraq
Title	Ghawth ul Adham Shaykh al-Islam Qutb al-Arifīn Sultān al-Awliyā Pir-e Piran Mehboobeh Subhani Dastgeer Sahab(Particularly in Kashmir) Ghous Paak
Personal life
Born	March 23, 1075 CE (1 Ramadan, 470 AH) Gilan, Seljuk Sultanate
Died	February 21, 1166 CE (11 Rabi' al-Thani, 561 AH) (aged 90) Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
Resting place	Baghdad, Iraq
Children	Abdul Razzaq Jilani
Era	Islamic Golden Age (Later Abbasid Era)
Region	Baghdad
Main interest(s)	Fiqh, Sufism
Notable work(s)	Futuh al-Ghayb (Revelations of the Unseen), Al-Ghunya li-Talibi Tariq al-Haqq [ar] (Sufficient Provision for Seekers of the Path of the Truth)
Religious life
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Hanbali
Tariqa	Qadiriyya (founder)
Creed	Ash'ari

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ʿAbdul Qādir Gīlānī, (Template:Lang-ar; Template:Lang-fa) known by admirers as Muḥyī l-Dīn Abū Muḥammad b. Abū Sāliḥ ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī al-Baḡdādī al-Ḥasanī al-Ḥusaynī (March 23, 1078 – February 21, 1166), was a Sunni Muslim preacher, ascetic, mystic, jurist, and theologian belonging to the Hanbali, and the eponymous founder of the Qadiriyya tariqa (Sufi order) of Sufism. The Qadiriyya tariqa is named after him.

He was born on March 23, 1078 (1 Ramdhan 470 AH) in the town of Na'if, Rezvanshahr in Gilan, Iran, and died on February 21, 1166 (11 Rabi' al-Thani 561 AH), in Baghdad.

Name

The honorific Muhiyudin denotes his status with many Sufis as a "reviver of religion". Gilani (Arabic al-Jilani) refers to his place of birth, Gilan. However, Gilani also carried the epithet Baghdadi, referring to his residence and burial in Baghdad.

Family background

Gilani's father, Abu Saleh, was from a Hasanid Sayyid lineage, tracing his descent from Hasan ibn Ali, a grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, making him a member of Banu Hashim. Abu Saleh was respected as a Wali by the people of his day, and was known as Jangi Dost (lit. "fight-lover" in Farsi) in the Iranic-speaking world, his father's sobriquet. Gilani's mother, Ummul Khair Fatima, was also a Sayyid, but of the Husaynid branch having been a descendant of Muhammad al-Jawad, who was said to be descended from Husayn ibn Ali, the younger brother of Hasan.

Education

Gilani spent his early life in Gilan, the province of his birth. In 1095, he went to Baghdad. There, he pursued the study of Hanbali law under Abu Saeed Mubarak Makhzoomi and ibn Aqil. He studied Hadith with Abu Muhammad Ja'far al-Sarraj. His Sufi spiritual instructor was Abu'l-Khair Hammad ibn Muslim al-Dabbas. After completing his education, Gilani left Baghdad. He spent twenty-five years wandering in the deserts of Iraq.

School of law

Gilani belonged to the Shafi'i and Hanbali schools of law. He placed Shafi'i jurisprudence (fiqh) on an equal footing with the Hanbali school (madhhab), and used to give fatwa according to both of them simultaneously. This is why al-Nawawi praised him in his book entitled Bustan al-'Arifin (Garden of the Spiritual Masters), saying: "We have never known anyone more dignified than Baghdad's Sheikh Muhyi al-Din 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, may Allah be pleased with him, the Sheikh of Shafi'is and Hanbalis in Baghdad".

Creed

Ibn al-Ahdal [ar] (d. 855/1451) in his Kashf al-Ghata' 'an Haqa'iq al-Tawhid (Template:Lang-ar) considered him one of the Ash'ari scholars along with Ibn al-Jawzi.

Later life

In 1127, Gilani returned to Baghdad and began to preach to the public. He joined the teaching staff of the school belonging to his teacher, al-Mazkhzoomi, and was popular with students. In the morning he taught hadith and tafsir, and in the afternoon he discoursed on the science of the heart and the virtues of the Quran. He was said to have been a convincing preacher and converted numerous Jews and Christians. He was able to reconcile the mystical nature of Sufism with the sober demands of Islamic Law.

Death and burial

Gilani died on February 21, 1166 (11 Rabi' al-Thani 561 AH). His body was entombed in a shrine within his madrasa in Babul-Sheikh, Rusafa on the east bank of the Tigris in Baghdad, Iraq.

During the reign of the Safavid Shah Ismail I, Gilani's shrine was destroyed. However, in 1535, the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent had a dome built over the shrine, which still exists.

Birthday and death anniversary celebration

11 Rabi' al-Thani is celebrated as Gilani's death anniversary. Some scholars give 29 Sha'ban and 17 Rabi' al-Thani as his birth and death days respectively. In the Indian subcontinent, his 'urs, or death anniversary, is called Giyarwee Sharif, or Honoured Day.

Books

Kitab Sirr al-Asrar wa Mazhar al-Anwar (The Book of the Secret of Secrets and the Manifestation of Light)
Futuh al ghaib (Secrets of the unseen)
Ghunyat tut talibeen (Treasure for seekers) غنیہ الطالیبین
Al-Fuyudat al-Rabbaniya (Emanations of Lordly Grace)
Fifteen Letters: Khamsata 'Ashara Maktuban
Kibriyat e Ahmar
A Concise Description of Jannah & Jahannam
The Sublime Revelation (al-Fatḥ Ar-rabbānī)

Bibliography

Sayings of Shaikh Abd al-Qadir al-Jīlānī Malfūzāt, Holland, Muhtar (translator). S. Abdul Majeed & Co, Kuala Lumpur (1994) ISBN 1-882216-03-2.
Fifteen letters, khamsata ashara maktūban / Shaikh Abd Al-Qādir Al-Jīlānī. Translated from Persian to Arabic by Alī usāmu D-Dīn Al-Muttaqī. Translated from Arabic into English by Muhtar Holland.
Kamsata ašara maktūban. First edition. ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn, ʿAlī B., ʿAbd al-Malik al- Muttaqī al-Hindī (about 1480–1567) and Muhtar Holland (1935–). Al-Baz publications, Hollywood, Florida. (1997) ISBN 1-882216-16-4.
Jalā Al-Khawātir: a collection of forty-five discourses of Shaikh Abd Al-Qādir Al-Jīlānī, the removal of cares. Chapter 23, pg 308. Jalā al-Khawātir, Holland, Muhtar (1935–) (translator). Al-Baz publications, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (1997) ISBN 1-882216-13-X.
The sultan of the saints: mystical life and teachings of Shaikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani / Muhammad Riaz Qadiri Qadiri, Muhammad Riyaz. Gujranwala, Abbasi publications. (2000) ISBN 969-8510-16-8.
The sublime revelation: al-Fath ar-Rabbānī, a collection of sixty-two discourses / Abd al-Qādir al- Jīlānī, Second edition. al-Rabbānī, al-Fath. Al-Baz publications, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (1998). ISBN 1-882216-02-4.
Al-Ghunya li-talibi tariq al-haqq wa al-din, (Sufficient provision for seekers of the path of truth and religion), Parts one and two in Arabic. Al-Qadir, Abd, Al-Gaylani. Dar Al-Hurya, Baghdad, Iraq, (1988).
Al-Ghunya li-talibi tariq al-haqq wa al-din, (Sufficient provision for seekers of the path of truth and religion.) in Arabic. Introduced by Al-Kilani, Majid Irsan. Dar Al-Khair, Damascus, Bairut, (2005).
Encyclopædia Iranica, Bibliotheca Persica PresS, ISBN 1-56859-050-4.
Geography of the Baz Ahhab second reading in the biography of Sheikh Abdul Qadir Gilani, and the birthplace of his birth according to the methodology of scientific research (MA in Islamic History from Baghdad University in 2001) of Iraqi researcher Jamal al-Din Faleh Kilani, review and submission of the historian Emad Abdulsalam Rauf،Publishe Dar Baz Publishing, United States of America, 2016, translated by Sayed Wahid Al-Qadri Aref.

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External links

Gyarvi Sharif Death anniversary of Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani observed in different parts of the world.
الباز الأشهب – قراءة ثانية في سيرة الشيخ عبد القادر الكيلاني – جمال الدين الكيلاني GOGHRAFI ALBAZ ALASHB
Revelations of the Unseen Translation of Futuh al-Ghaib, at archive.org.
Sufficient Provision For Seekers Of The Path Of Truth Translation of parts of Al-Ghunya Li Talibi Tariq Al-Haqq, at archive.org.
Openings from the Lord Translation of excerpts from Al-Fath Al-Rabbani, at archive.org.
Utterances Translation of Malfuzat, at archive.org.

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2nd AH/8th AD	Al-Hasan al-Basri (d. 110 AH) Malik ibn Dinar (d. 128 AH) Ibrahim ibn Adham (d. 160 AH) Sufyan al-Thawri (d. 161 AH) Dawud al-Ta'i (d. 165 AH) 'Abd al-Wahid ibn Zaid (d. 177 AH) Rabi'a al-'Adawiyya (d. 180 AH) Ibn al-Mubarak (d. 181 AH) Al-Fudayl ibn 'Iyad (d. 188 AH) Shaqiq al-Balkhi (d. 194 AH) Ma'ruf al-Karkhi (d. 200 AH)
3rd AH/9th AD	Al-Darani (d. 205 or 215 AH) Bishr al-Hafi (d. 227 AH) Al-Harith al-Muhasibi (d. 243 AH) Dhul-Nun al-Misri (d. 245 AH) Sari al-Saqati (d. 253 AH) Yahya ibn Mu'adh al-Razi (d. 258 AH) Abu Sa'id al-Kharraz (d. 277 or 286 AH) Sahl al-Tustari (d. 283 AH) Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi (d. 295 or 320 AH) Abu al-Husain al-Nuri (d. 295 AH)
4th AH/10th AD	Ruwaym (d. 303 AH) Abu Bakr al-Shibli (d. 334 AH) Abu Talib al-Makki (d. 386 AH) Abu Bakr al-Kalabadhi (d. 380 AH)
Sufi leaders	Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi (d. 589 AH) Muzaffar al-Din Gökböri (d. 630 AH) Yusuf Abu al-Haggag (d. 642 AH) Muhammad al-Fateh (d. 886 AH) Aurangzeb (d. 1118 AH) Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi (d. 1277 AH) Bahadur Shah Zafar (d. 1278 AH) Imam Shamil (d. 1287 AH) Emir Abdel-Kader (d. 1300 AH) Muhammad Ahmad (d. 1302/1885) Omar al-Mukhtar (d. 1350 AH) 'Izz al-Din al-Qassam (d. 1354 AH)

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by century (AH CE)
3rd/9th	Ahmad ibn Hanbal (founder of the school; 780–855) Ibrahim ibn Ya'qub al-Juzajani (d. 872) Abu Dawood (d. 889)
4th/10th	Abu Bakr al-Khallal (d. 923) Al-Hasan ibn Ali al-Barbahari (867–941) Abu Bakr al-Ajurri (d. 970) Ibn Battah (d. 997)
5th/11th	Abu al-Fadl al-Tamimi (952–1020 CE/341–410 AH) Al-Qadi Abu Ya'la (990–1066) Abu Ali ibn al-Banna (d. 1079) Khwaja Abdullah Ansari (1006–1088) Abu Saeed Mubarak Makhzoomi (1013–1119) Ibn Aqil (1040–1119)
6th/12th	Awn al-Din ibn Hubayra (1105–1165) Abdul Qadir Gilani (1078–1166) Ibn al-Jawzi (1116–1201) Hammad al-Harrani (d. 1202) Abd al-Ghani al-Maqdisi (1146–1203) Abdul-Razzaq Gilani (1134–1207)
7th/13th	Ibn Qudamah (1147–1223) Majd ad-Din ibn Taymiyyah (1194–1255) Shihab al-Din Abd al-Halim ibn Taymiyyah (1230–1284) Zayn al-Din al-Amidi (d. 1312)
8th/14th	Ibn Hamdan (1206–1295) Al-Yunini (1242-1326) Ibn Taymiyya (1263–1328) Ibn Abd al-Hadi (1305–1343) Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (1292–1350) Ibn Muflih (1310–1362) Ibn Rajab (1335–1393) Haji Bayram Wali (1352-1430)
11th/17th	Mar'i al-Karmi (1580–1624) Al-Buhūtī (1592–1641) Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali (1623–1679)
12th/18th	Muhammad bin Ahmad al-Saffarini (1701–1774) Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (1703–1792) Sulayman ibn Abd al-Wahhab (1699–1793/94) Fatima al-Fudayliya (d. 1831)
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2nd/8th	Al-Shafi'i (founder of the school; 767–820) Al-Muzani (791/92–878)
3rd/9th	Al-Humaydi (d. 834) Harith al-Muhasibi (781–857) Bukhari (810–870) Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj (d. 875) Ibn Majah (824–887) Al-Nasai (d. 915) Ibn Khuzaymah (837–923) Ibn al-Mundhir (855–930) Abu Hasan al-Ash'ari (874–936) Fakr ad-Din
4th/10th	Al-Daraqutni (918–995) Abu Talib al-Makki (d. 996) Al-Hakim Nishapuri (933–1014) Ibn Furak (d. 1015) Abd al-Jabbar ibn Ahmad (935–1025) Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi (d. 1037) Abu Nuaym (d. 1038) Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi (1003–1083) Al-Lalaka'i
5th/11th	Al-Tha'labi (d. 1035) Al-Mawardi (972–1058) Al-Bayhaqi (994–1066) Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi (1002–1071) Al-Qushayri (986–1072) Al-Juwayni (1028–1085) Al-Baghawi (d. 1122) Ahmad Ghazali (d. 1123/26)
6th/12th	Al-Ghazali (1058–1111) Al-Shahrastani (1086–1153) Ibn `Asakir (1105–c. 1176) Abu Tahir al-Silafi (1079–1180) Ahmed al-Rifa`i (1119–1183) Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi (1154–1191) Fakhr al-Din al-Razi (1150–1209) Sayf al-Din al-Amidi (1156–1233) Ibn Abi'l-Dam (1187–1244) Ibn al-Salah (1181–1245)
7th/13th	Ibn Abil-Hadid (d. 1258) Izz al-Din ibn Abd al-Salam (d. 1262) Ahmad al-Badawi (1200–1276) Al-Nawawi (1230–1277) Ibn Khallikan (1211–1282) Ibn Daqiq al-Id (1228–1302) Al-Baydawi (d. 1319) Safi-ad-din Ardabili (1252/53–1334) Yusuf ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Mizzi (1256–1341) Yusuf bin Ahmad al-Kawneyn
8th/14th	Safi al-Din al-Hindi (d. 1315/16) Al-Dhahabi (1274–1348) Taqi al-Din al-Subki (1284–1355) Ahmad ibn Naqib al-Misri (1302–1367) Taj al-Din al-Subki (1327–1370) Ibn Kathir (d. 1373) Taftazani (1322–1390) Badr Ad-Din az-Zarkashi (1344–1392) Zain al-Din al-Iraqi (1325–1403) Ali ibn Abu Bakr al-Haythami (1335–1404) Ibn Nuhaas (d. 1411) Ibn al-Jazari (1350–1429)
9th/15th	Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani (1372–1449) Al-Mahalli (d. 1460) Al-Sakhawi (1428–1497) Al-Suyuti (1445–1505) Al-Qastallani (1448–1517) Zakariyya al-Ansari (1420–1520) Ali ibn Ahmad al-Samhudi (1466–1533)
10th/16th	Al-Sha`rani (1492/93–1565) Ibn Hajar al-Haytami (1503–1566) Al-Khaṭib ash-Shirbiniy (d. 1570)
11th/17th	Abdullah ibn Alawi al-Haddad (1634–1720)
13th/19th	Ibrahim al-Bajuri (1784–1860) Abd Al-Rahman bin Ahmad al-Zayla`i (1820–1882) Ahmad Zayni Dahlan (1816–1886) Shaykh Sufi (1828–1904) Uways al-Barawi (1847–1909) Ahmad Khatib al-Minangkabawi (1860–1916)
14th/20th	Yusuf al-Nabhani (1849–1932) Abdallah al-Qutbi (1879–1952) Said Nursî (1877–1960) Abd al-Malik Karim Amrullah (1908–1981) Muhammad Hamidullah (1908–2002) Ahmed Kuftaro (1915–2004) Abdullah al-Harari (1906–2008)
15th/21st	Wahbah al-Zuhayli (1932–2015) Taha Jabir Alalwani (1935–2016) Cherussery Zainuddeen Musliyar (1937–2016) Hasyim Muzadi (1944–2017) Ahmad Syafi'i Maarif (1935–2022) Abdul Azeez Madani (1950–2022) Kanthapuram A. P. Abu Bakr Musliyar (b. 1931) Naqib al-Attas (b. 1931) Mohammad Salim Al-Awa (b. 1942) K. Ali Kutty Musliyar (b. 1945) Ali Gomaa (b. 1952) Nuh Ha Mim Keller (b. 1954) Zaid Shakir (b. 1956) Gibril Haddad (b. 1960) Umar bin Hafiz (b. 1963) Ibrahim Khalil al-Bukhari (b. 1964) Muhammad bin Yahya al-Ninowy (b. 1970) Ali al-Jifri (b. 1971) Afifi al-Akiti (b. 1976) Awn Al-Qaddoumi (b. 1982) Muhammad Jifri Muthukkoya Thangal
Scholars of other Sunni Islamic schools of jurisprudence Hanafi Hanbali Maliki Zahiri

Ash'ari school of Sunni theology

Ash'ari scholars
(Abu Hasan al-Ash'ari)

Malikis	Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani (d. 386 AH) Al-Baqillani (d. 403 AH) Abu Imran al-Fasi (d. 430 AH) Ibn Sidah (d. 458 AH) Abu al-Walid al-Baji (d. 474 AH) Abu Bakr al-Turtushi (d. 520 AH) Al-Maziri (d. 536 AH) Ibn Barrajan (d. 536 AH) Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi (d. 543 AH) Al-Qadi 'Ayyad (d. 544 AH) Al-Suhayli (d. 581 AH) Ibn al-Qattan (d. 628 AH) Ibn Malik (d. 672 AH) Shihab al-Din al-Qarafi (d. 684 AH) Ibn Daqiq al-'Id (d. 702 AH) Ibn 'Ata' Allah al-Iskandari (d. 709 AH) Ibn Adjurrum (d. 723 AH) Ibn al-Hajj al-'Abdari (d. 737 AH) Ibn Juzayy (d. 741 AH) Khalil ibn Ishaq al-Jundi (d. 776 AH) Abu Ishaq al-Shatibi (d. 790 AH) Ibn 'Arafa (d. 803 AH) Ibn Khaldun (d. 808 AH) Abd al-Rahman al-Tha'alibi (d. 876 AH) Ahmad Zarruq (d. 899 AH) Ahmad al-Wansharisi (d. 914 AH) Al-Akhdari (d. 953 AH) Al-Hattab (d. 954 AH) Ahmad Baba al-Timbukti (d. 1036 AH) Al-Maqqari al-Tilimsani (d. 1041 AH) Ibrahim al-Laqani (d. 1041 AH) Muhammad Mayyara (d. 1072 AH) Ibn 'Ashir (d. 1090 AH) Al-Hasan al-Yusi (d. 1102 AH) Muhammad al-Zurqani (d. 1122 AH) Ahmad al-Dardir (d. 1201 AH) M'Hamed al-Azhari (d. 1208 AH) Ahmad ibn 'Ajiba (d. 1224 AH) Ahmad al-Tijani (d. 1230 AH) Muhammad Arafa al-Desouki (d. 1230 AH) Muhammad ibn 'Ali al-Sanusi (d. 1276 AH) Muhammad 'Ilish (d. 1299 AH) Ahmad al-Ghumari (d. 1380 AH) Muhammad al-Tahir ibn 'Ashur (d. 1393 AH) Abdel-Halim Mahmoud (d. 1397 AH) Muhammad Metwalli al-Sha'rawi (d. 1419 AH) Muhammad 'Alawi al-Maliki (d. 1425 AH) Ahmed el-Tayeb Hamza Yusuf
Shafi'is	Ibn Hibban (d. 354 AH) Ibn Khafif (d. 371 AH) Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri (d. 405 AH) Ibn Furak (d. 406 AH) Abu Ishaq al-Isfarayini (d. 418 AH) Al-Tha'labi (d. 427 AH) Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi (d. 429 AH) Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani (d. 430 AH) Al-Bayhaqi (d. 458 AH) Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi (d. 463 AH) Al-Qushayri (d. 465 AH) Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi (d. 476 AH) Abd al-Qahir al-Jurjani (d. 471 AH) Al-Juwayni (d. 478 AH) Al-Raghib al-Isfahani (d. 502 AH) Al-Ghazali (d. 505 AH) Al-Baghawi (d. 516 AH) Al-Shahrastani (d. 548 AH) Ibn 'Asakir (d. 571 AH) Ahmad al-Rifa'i (d. 578 AH) Fakhr al-Din al-Razi (d. 606 AH) Ibn al-Salah (d. 643 AH) Izz al-Din ibn 'Abd al-Salam (d. 660 AH) Al-Nawawi (d. 676 AH) Al-Baydawi (d. 685 AH) Ibn Daqiq al-'Id (d. 702 AH) Nizam al-Din al-Nisapuri (d. 728 AH) Jamal al-Din al-Mizzi (d. 742 AH) Taqi al-Din al-Subki (d. 756 AH) Al-Safadi (d. 764 AH) Taj al-Din al-Subki (d. 771 AH) Shams al-Din al-Kirmani (d. 786 AH) Al-Zarkashi (d. 794 AH) Zain al-Din al-'Iraqi (d. 806 AH) Nur al-Din al-Haythami (d. 807 AH) Ibn al-Jazari (d. 833 AH) Al-Maqrizi (d. 845 AH) Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani (d. 852 AH) Al-Sakhawi (d. 902 AH) Al-Suyuti (d. 911 AH) Nur al-Din al-Samhudi (d. 911 AH) Jalal al-Din al-Dawani (d. 918 AH) Al-Qastallani (d. 923 AH) Zakariyya al-Ansari (d. 926 AH) Al-Sha'rani (d. 973 AH) Ibn Hajar al-Haytami (d. 974 AH) Al-Khatib al-Shirbini (d. 977 AH) Al-Munawi (d. 1031 AH) 'Abdallah ibn 'Alawi al-Haddad (d. 1132 AH) Hasan al-Attar (d. 1230 AH) Ahmad Zayni Dahlan (d. 1304 AH) Bediuzzaman Said Nursi (d. 1379 AH) Noah al-Qudah (d. 1432 AH) 'Abdallah al-Harari (d. 1432 AH) Al-Bouti (d. 1434 AH) Ali Gomaa Ali al-Jifri Gibril Haddad
Hanbalis	Ibn 'Aqil (d. 508 AH) Ibn al-Jawzi (d. 534 AH)
Zahiris	Ibn Tumart (d. 524 AH) Ibn Mada' (d. 592 AH) Abu Hayyan al-Andalusi (d. 745 AH)

Ash'ari leaders

Nizam al-Mulk (d. 485 AH)
Yusuf ibn Tashfin (d. 500 AH)
'Abd al-Mu'min ibn 'Ali (d. 558 AH)
Saladin (d. 589 AH)
Abu Bakr ibn Ayyub (d. 615 AH)
Al-Kamil (d. 635 AH)
Al-Ashraf Musa (d. 635 AH)
Qutuz (d. 658 AH)
Al-Nasir ibn Qalawun (d. 741 AH)
Emir Abdelkader al-Jazairi (d. 1300 AH)
Omar al-Mukhtar (d. 1350 AH)
'Izz al-Din al-Qassam (d. 1354 AH)
Ibn Abdelkarim al-Khattabi (d. 1382 AH)
Al-Muwahhidun
Ayyubid dynasty
Mamluk

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