Ahmad al-Badawi
Sidi Aḥmad al-Badawī | |
|---|---|
 Wali al-Qutb | |
| Mystic, Jurist | |
| Born | 1200 CE (596 AH) Fez, Almohad Caliphate (present-day Morocco) |
| Died | 1276 CE (674 AH) Tanta, Mamluk Sultanate (present-day Egypt) |
| Venerated in | By all those traditional Sunni Muslims who venerate saints |
| Major shrine | Mosque of Aḥmad al-Badawī, Tanta, Egypt |
| Feast | A few days every October (mawlid) |
Tradition or genre | Sunni Islam (Jurisprudence: Shafi'i)[1][2] |
Aḥmad al-Badawī was one of the most famous saints of Islam. Aḥmad was the founder of the Badawiyyah order of Sufism. He was born in 1200 and died in 1276.[3]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ ʿAbd al-Samad al-Miṣrī, al-Jawāhir al-saniyya fī l-karāmāt wa-l-nisba al-Aḥmadiyya, Cairo 1277/1860–1
- ↑ Catherine Mayeur-Jaouen, Al-Sayyid Aḥmad al-Badawî. Un grand saint de l'Islam égyptien, Cairo 1994
- ↑ Aḥmadiyyah
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