Ahmad Zarruq | |
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Title | Muhtasib al-‘ulama’ wa al-awliya’ (Regulator of the Scholars and Saints) |
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Born | Ahmad ibn Ahmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Īsa 7 June 1442 Tiliwan, Morocco |
Died | 1493 Misrata, Libya |
Resting place | Misrata, Libya |
Religion | Islam |
Nationality | Moroccan |
Denomination | Sunni |
School | Maliki |
Creed | Ashari |
Notable work(s) | Qawa’id al-Tasawwuf (The Principles of Sufism), Commentaries on Maliki jurisprudence, Commentary on the Hikam of ibn 'Ata Allah |
Other names | Imam az-Zarrūq ash Shadhili |
Occupation | Jurist, Sufi, Scholar |
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Order | Shadhili |
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Moroccan literature |
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Moroccan writers |
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Ahmad Zarruq (Arabic: أحمد زروق) also known as Imam az-Zarrūq ash Shadhili (Aḥmad ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Īsa) (1442–1493 CE) was a 15th-century Moroccan Shadhili Sufi, jurist and saint from Fes.[1][2] He is considered one of the most prominent and accomplished legal, theoretical, and spiritual scholars in Islamic history, and is thought by some to have been the renewer of his time (mujaddid). He was also the first to be given the honorific title "Regulator of the Scholars and Saints" (muhtasib al-‘ulama’ wa al-awliya’).[3] His shrine is located in Misrata, Libya, however unknown militants exhumed the grave and burnt half the mosque.