Biographies of
Scholars, saints and notables
of Damascus
listed in chronological order

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Century hijri:

Sahaba

Dirar b. al-Azwar al-Asadi
(sahabi d.~11 H)

Khalid b. Sa`id (sahabi d. 14 H)

Salama b. Hisham (sahabi d. 14 H)

Sa`d b. `Ibadah (sahabi d. 14 H)

3 sahaba martyred at the conquest of Damascus (14 H):
Harmala b. Wa'il
Jâbir b.Mas`ud
Musâ`id (unnamed helper)

Shurahbil b. Hasanah (sahabi d. 18 H)

al-`Abbas b. Mardas Ibi `Amir al-Salmi
son of Khansa' the poetress
(sahabi d. 18 H.)

Yazid b. Abi Sufyan
(sahabi d. 18 or 19 H)

Bilal al-Habashî (sahabi d. ≤ 20 H)

Hafaf b. Nadba, cousin of Khansa' (sahabi d. 20 H)

Aws b. Aws al-Thaqafi (sahabi d. ~20 H.)

Abu Darda' (d. 32 H)

Khawla bint al-Azwar (sahabiyyah d. 35 H)
[tabi`i acc. to gfh]

Sahl b. al-Hanzhaliah (sahabi d. ~30 H)

Dihya al-Kalbi (sahabi d. 45 H)

Fadâlatu b. `Ubayd (sahabi d. 53 H)

Mu`ayiah b. Abi Sufyan (sahabi d. 61 H)

`Awf b. Malik al-Ashjari (sahabi d. 73 H)

Wâthilah b. al-Asqa` (sahabi d. 83 H.)

Sham`ûn b. Khanâfah (sahabi, d. ?)

Rauq b. Dathar (sahabi, d. ?)

Umm Maktum (sahabiya d. H.)

Sahaba who visited Damascus
Abu Dharr al-Ghafari (d.  H.)
Abu `Ubayda (d.  H)

Sahaba - undated
Jabal b. Mu`adh
Ibân b. Ibân
Hujr b. `Adî
Abu Barz al-Azlami

3 unnamed martyrs in Salihiyyah

Sahaba - (place of burial disputed):
`AbdAllah ibn Mas`ud
`Abd al-Rahman b. Abu Bakr al-Siddiq
Abu b. Ka`b
Kanâz al-Ghanawi
`Amir b. Malik, brother of Sa`d b. Abi Waqqas



Wives of the Prophet (s)
Hafsa
Umm Habiba
Umm Salamah

Fidda (servant of Fatima Zahra)

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1st century hijri

Abu Idris al-Khawlani (tabi`i d. 80 H)

Abu Muslim al-Khawlani (tabi`i d.  H)

`Abd al-Malik b. Marwan (d. 87 H)

al-Walid b. `Abd al-Malik (d. 96 H)

Abu Sulayman al-Darani (d  H)
buried in Darayya [gfh]

`Abd Allah b. Ja`far b. Abi Talib (d. H.)

Makhul (~ 100)

Mu`awiah b. Yazid b. Mu`awiah (d.  H)

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2nd century hijri

AbdAllah b. Ja`far al-Sadiq (d. ~200)

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3rd century hijri

Muhammad b. `AbdAllah (descentdant of Ja`far al-Sadiq d. ~300)

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4th century hijri

Abul Dahh al-Salihi (d. 328)

Abul-Husayn al-Khiraqi (d. 334 H.)

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5th century

Sheikh Nasr  al-Maqdisi (d. 490 H.)

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6th century

Sheikh Rislan al-Dimashqi (d. ~540 H.)

al-Hasan b. Masmâr al-Hilali (d. 546)

Abul-Bayan (d. 551 H.) 

Ahamd b. Quddama (d. 558 H)

Ibn `Asakir (d. 571 H) 

Abu al-Ma`ali al-Nisaburi (d. 578)

Nur al-Din b. Zanki (d. 579)

Abu `Umar b. Ahmad b. Qudama (d.  H.)

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7th century

Al Fakhr b. `Asakir (d. 620) [ZaSH p. 35]

Ibn Quddamah Al-Maqdisi (d. 620)

Muhyi al-Din ibn al-`Arabi (d. 638 H.)

Taqi al-Din b. al-Salah (d. 643)
[ZaSH p. 37]

Diya' al-Din al-Maqdisi (d. 643 H.)

Ibn Qadi al-`Askar al-Hanafi (d. 651)

Sibt ibn al-Jawzi (d. 654 H.)

`Abd al- Rahman b. Nuh (d. 654)
[ZaSH p. 36]

Yusuf al-Qamini (d. 657 H.)

Abu Shama (d. 665)

Ibn Malik sahib al-alfiyyah (d. 672)

Imam al-Nawawi (d. 676 H.)

Shams al-Din b 'Umar b. Qudama (d. 682)

Ibn Malik the yonger (d. 686)  

Taj al-Din al-Fazari "al-Farkah" (d. 690)

Ibrahim ibn al-Muhaddith (d. 695)

Abu Bakr al-`Arudiki (born 584 - d.   H.)

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8th century

Sadr al-Din Suleyman ibn Hilal (d. 725)

Taymiyyah (d. 728)

Ibrahim b. Suleyman al-Qunuwi (d. 732)

Ahmad al-Tabrizi al-Hanafi (d. 735)

Ibrahim b. Sultan al-Hanafi (d. 738)

Shams al-Din al-Dhahabi (d. 748)

Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (d. 751 H.)

The Subki family:
Taqi al-Din al-Subki (756 H.)
Taj al-Din al-Subki (d. 771 H.)

Ibn Kathir (d. 774)

Muhammad b. al-Harr al-Hanafi (d. 789)

Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali (d. 795 H.)

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9th century

`Abd al-Rahman al-`Ayni  (d. 893)

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10th century

Abu Ishaq Ibrahim al-Naji (d. 900)

Ahmad b. Badr al-Din al-Hanafi (d. 934)

Ibn Sultan al-Hanafi (d. 950)

Sharaf Al-Din Al-Hijawi (d 978 AH)
Imam Sharaf Al-Din Abi Al-Munja Musa bin Ahmad bin Musa bin Salim bin `Isa bin Salim Al-Hijawi, originally from Quds and then settled in Salihyah Damascus. [musa]

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11th century

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12th century

`Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi (d. ~1150 H. / 1731 CE)

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13th century

Sheikh Muhammad Amin `Abidin, known as Ibn `Abidin, author of al-Hashia (d. 1252 H.)

Sheikh Muhammad al-Mahdi al-Saklawi (d. 1278 H.)

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14 – 15th century

Sheikh `Ala al-Din `Abidin (d. 1306)

Al Amir `Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza'iri (d. 1300)

Sheikh Muhammad al-Tayyib (d. 1313)

Sheikh Muhammad al-Mubarak (d. 1330)

Sheikh Muhammad ibn Yallis (d. 1346)

Sheikh Badr al-Din al-Hasani (d. 1354)

Sheikh Muhammad al-Hashimi (d. 1381)

Sheikh Abul Yusr `Abidin (d. 1401)

The Kettani family:
Sheikh Muhammad b. Ja`far (d. 1345 in Fas)
Sheikh Muhammad al-Makki (d. 1393)

The Ya`qubi family
Overview:
Shaykh Muhammad al-Siddiq  (d. 1307)
Sheikh Muhammad al-Sharif  (d. 1362)
Sheikh Isma`il  (d.1380)
Shaykh Muhammad 'Arabi  (d. 1384)
Sheikh Ibrahim al-Ya´qubi (d.1406)
Sheikh Muhammad al-Ya`qubi (born 1382)
Latest update: 2007-03-11

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