Ahmad Zarruq

Ahmad Zarruq
TitleMuhtasib al-‘ulama’ wa al-awliya’ (Regulator of the Scholars and Saints)
Personal
Born
Ahmad ibn Ahmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Īsa

7 June 1442
Tiliwan, Morocco
Died1493
Misrata, Libya
Resting placeMisrata, Libya
ReligionIslam
NationalityMoroccan
DenominationSunni
SchoolMaliki
CreedAshari
Notable work(s)Qawa’id al-Tasawwuf (The Principles of Sufism), Commentaries on Maliki jurisprudence, Commentary on the Hikam of ibn 'Ata Allah
Other namesImam az-Zarrūq ash Shadhili
OccupationJurist, Sufi, Scholar
Organization
OrderShadhili
Senior posting
Influenced by

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.

  1. ^ El-Rouayheb, Khaled (8 July 2015). Islamic Intellectual History in the Seventeenth Century. Cambridge University Press. p. 248. ISBN 9781107042964.
  2. ^ Scott Alan Kugle, Rebel Between Spirit and Law, Indiana University Press, 2006, ISBN 0-253-34711-4, p. 7
  3. ^ "Zaytuna College Perennial Faculty". Archived from the original on 22 March 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2014.