Ahmad Zarruq

Ahmad Zarruq
Ahmad Zarruq
Title	Muhtasib 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
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
Organization
Order	Shadhili
Senior posting
	Influenced by Muhammad al-Jazuli;

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.

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

[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.

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