Ahmad al-Badawi
Aḥmad al-Badawī (Arabic: أحمد البدوى IPA: [ˈæħmæd elˈbædæwi]), also known as Al-Sayyid al-Badawī (السيد البدوى, [esˈsæjjed-, elˈsæjjed-]), or as al-Badawī for short, or reverentially as Shaykh al-Badawī by Sunni Muslims who venerate saints, was a 13th-century Arab Sufi Muslim mystic who became famous as the founder of the Badawiyyah order of Sufism. Born in Fes, Morocco to a Bedouin tribe originally from the Syrian Desert, al-Badawi eventually settled for good in Tanta, Egypt in 1236, whence he developed a posthumous reputation as "One of the greatest saints in the Arab world" As al-Badawi is perhaps "the most popular of Muslim saints in Egypt", his tomb has remained a "major site of visitation" for Muslims in the region.
Sidi Aḥmad al-Badawī | |
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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) |
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