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Sahaba
Name
 Date of passing
Dirar b. al-Azwar al-Asadi
(sahabi)
 d.~11 H
in Damascus
Amir al-Mu'minin Sayiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq
(sahabi)   
 d. 13 H.
in Madina
Khalid b. Sa`id (sahabi)
Salama b. Hisham (sahabi)
Sa`d b. `Ibadah (sahabi)
Harmala b. Wa'il (sahabi)
Jâbir b.Mas`ud (sahabi)
 d. 14 H
in Damascus
Shurahbil b. Hasanah (sahabi)
al-`Abbas b. Mardas Abi `Amir al-Salmi (sahabi)
son of Khansa' the poetress
d. 18 H
in Damascus
Yazid b. Abi Sufyan (sahabi ) d. 18 or 19 H
in Damascus
Bilal al-Habashî (sahabi) d. ≤ 20 H
in Damascus
Hafaf b. Nadba (sahabi)
cousin of Khansa',

 d. 20 H
in Damascus
Aws b. Aws al-Thaqafi (sahabi)
d. towards the end of the caliphate of Sayyiduna `Uthman
d. ... H.
in Damascus
Sahl b. al-Hanzhaliah  (sahabi )
 d. ~ 30 H
in Damascus
Abu Darda' (sahabi)
 d. 32 H.
in Damscus
Khawla bint al-Azwar
(sahabiyyah or tabi`iyya)
d. 35 H
in Damascus
Salman al-Farisi (sahabi)
 d. 33/35 H.
in Mada'in (Arabia)
Sayyiduna Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah ennoble his face)
(sahabi)
the Lion of Allah, Door to the City of Knowledge, Vicegerent of the Prophet (upon him be peace),
Subduer  of Khaybar, Imam of Imams, Abu Turab, Prince of the Believers
d. 40 H.
in Kufa
Dihya al-Kalbi (sahabi) d. 45 H
in Damascus
Sayyiduna al-Hasan ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib (upon him be peace)
(sahabi)
the First of the Qutbs, Master of the People of Islam, Grandson of the Beloved of Allah		 d. 50 H.
in al-Madina
buried in al-Baqi'
Hujr b. `Adî and his companions (sahabis) d. 51 H.
outside Damascus
Fadâlatu b. `Ubayd (sahab) d. 53 H
in Damascus
Sayyiduna al-Husayn ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib (upon him be peace)
(sahabi)
Sayyid al-Shuhada, Grandson of the Beloved of Allah
b. 4 – d. 61 H.
in Karbala
his noble head is buried in Damascus
Mu`ayiah b. Abi Sufyan (sahabi)
 d. 61 H
in Damascus
`Awf b. Malik al-Ashjari  (sahabi) d. 73 H
in Damascus
Wâthilah b. al-Asqa` (sahabi) d. 83 H
in Damascus
Sahaba who visited Damascus
Abu Dharr al-Ghafari (d.  H.)
Abu `Ubayda (d.  H)
Sham`ûn b. Khanâfah (sahabi)
Rauq b. Dathar  (sahabi)
Jabal b. Mu`adh (sahabi)
Ibân b. Ibân  (sahabi)
Abu Barz al-Azlami (sahabi)
Umm Maktum (sahabiya
undated
buried in Damascus
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)
1st century hijri  ^


Abu Idris al-Khawlani (tabi`i)
 d. 80
 in Damascus
Ali bn al-Husayn
Zayin al-'Abidin (tabi'i)
 94
in Madina
buried in al-Baqir
Abu Muslim al-Khawlani (tabi`i)
 d. ...H
 in Damascus
`Abd al-Malik b. Marwan
 d. 87
 in Damascus
Sa'id b. al-Musayyab (tabi'i) d. 94
in Madina
al-Walid b. `Abd al-Malik
 d. 96
 in Damascus
`Abd Allah b. Ja`far b. Abi Talib
 d. ... H
 in Damascus
Makhul
 d. –100 H
 in Damascus
Mu`awiah b. Yazid b. Mu`awiah
 d. ... H
 in Damascus

2nd century hijri ^
Qasim b. Muhammad b. Abu Bakr d. 107/8/9
in Madina
Hasan al-Basri
d. 110
in Baghdad
Muhammad al-Baqir, Abu Ja'far b. 57 - d. 114 H. in Madina
Ja'far al-Sadiq, Abu 'Abd Allah
 b. 83 - d. 148 H. in Madina
Imam Abu Hanifa al-Nu'man
 b. 80 - d. 150 in Baghdad
Al-Awza'i
 d. 158
Dawud al-Ta'i
 d. 160/165
Ibrahim b. Adham d. 161
Sufyan al-Thawri
"faqih of the Sufis"		 b. 97 - d. 161
'Abd Allah b. Mubarak
author of Kitab az-zuhd wa al-raqai'q		 d. 177
Imam Malik b. Anas b. Malik
 b. 93 - d. 179 H. in Madina
buried in al-Baqi'
'Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak
 b. 118 - d.181
in Hit
Qadi Abul Yusuf
 d. 182
Al-Fudayl ibn `Iyad d. 187
in Makka
Muhammad Hasan al-Shaybani
 d. 189
AbdAllah b. Ja`far al-Sadiq
d. ~200
in Damascus
Habib al-'Ajani
transmitted from Hasan al-Basri and Ibn Sirin
 d. 2nd centtury
3rd century hijri ^
Ma`ruf al-Karkhi d. 200/201
in Baghdad
Imam al-Shafi'i, Muhammad b. Idris
b. 150 - d. 204
 H. in Cairo
Al-Sayyida Nafisa
بالعربية
 d. 208
in Cairo
Moulay Idris al-Azhar d. 213
 in Fas
Abu Sulayman al-Darani
 d. 215
in Dara near Damascus
al-Tunukhi, Sahnun b. Sa'id b. Habib
author of "Al-Mudawwana"
 b. 160 - d. 240
in Magrib
Imam Ahmad b. Hanbal
 d. 241
Harith al-Muhasibi
companion of al-Junayd
b. 165
in Basrah
– d. 243
Abu al-Fayd Dhul-Nun al-Misri d. 245
Sari al-Saqati d. 253
in Baghdad
Abu Yazid al-Bistami  
d. 261
in Bistam (Iraq) or Damascus
Sahl al-Tustari d. 283
Al-Junayd al-Bagdhadi, Abul Qasim d. 297
in Baghdad
4th century hijri ^
Muhammad b. `AbdAllah descentdant of Ja`far al-Sadiq d. – 300
in Damascus
Al-Tabari, Abu Ja'far
 d. 310
Imam Abu Ja`far al-Tahawi
 d. 321
in Cairo
Abul Hasan al-Ash'ari
__ his students (external link)
 b. 260 - d. 324
in Baghdad
Abul Dahdâh al-Salihi
 d. 328
 in Damascus
Muhammad al-Maturidi
 d. 333
in Samarkand
Abul-Husayn al-Khiraqi
 d. 334
 in Damascus
Abu Bakr al-Shibli b. 247 - d. 334
in Baghdad
Al-Najjad al-Baghdadi al-Hanbali
 d. 348
5th century ^
Ibn al-Baqillani
 d. 403
Al-Hakim al-Naysaburi
 b. 321 - d. 405
Ibn Furak
 d. 406
in Hira, Nisabur
Al-Sulami
 b. 325 - d. 412
in Naysabur
Abul Hasan al-Quduri
 d. 428
in Baghdad
Abd al-Qahir al-Baghdadi
 d. 429
Abul Nu'aym al-Asbahani
 b. 336 - d. 430
Abu 'Uthman al-Sabuni d. 449
al-Mawardi, Abul Hasan
b. ~362
in Basra
 d. 448
in Baghdad
al-Bayhaqi al-Naysaburi, Abu Bakr
 b. 384 - d. 458
Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi
 d. 463
in Baghdad
Abul Walid al-Baji al-Qurtubi al-Maliki
 b. 403 - d. 474
in al-Andalus
Ibn al-Juwayni, Abul Ma'ali
also known as  Imam al-Haramayn,
teacher of al-Ghazali
b. 419 - d. 478
Al-Juwayni, Abu Muhammad al-Ta'i
father of Imam al-Haramayn
 d. 483
Sheikh Nasr  al-Maqdisi
 d. 490
 in Damascus



6th century ^
Imam Abu Hamid al-Ghazali b. 450 – d. 505 in Tus
Sheikh Rislan al-Dimashqi d. ~540
in Damascus
Qadi Abul Bakr b. al-'Arabi
 d. 543
Qadi 'Iyyad
 d. 544
in Marakesh
al-Hasan b. Masmâr al-Hilali
 d. 546
in Damascus
Abul-Bayan
 d. 551
in Damascus
Ahamd b. Quddama
 d. 558
in Damascus
`Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani d. 561
in Baghdad
Abu Najib Dia' al-Din al-Suhrawardi d. 563
in Baghdad
Ibn `Asakir
 d. 571
in Damascus
Abu al-Ma`ali al-Nisaburi
d. 578
in Damascus
Ahmad al-Rifa'i b. 512 - d. 578 H. in the village of Umm 3Abida in BaTa'iH
Nur al-Din b. Zanki d. 579
in Damascus
Abu Madyan Shu`ayb d. 594
 in Tlimsan, Maghrib /
or Egygpt
Ibn al-Jauzi
 d. 597
in Baghdad
Abu `Umar b. Ahmad b. Qudama
 d. .. H.
in Damascus

7th century ^
Fakh al-Din al-Razi
 b. 543 - d. 606
Al Fakhr b. `Asakir
[ZaSH p. 35]		 d. 620
in Damascus
Ibn Quddamah Al-Maqdisi d. 620
in Damascus
'Abd al-Salam ibn Mashish 622
  on mount `Alam in Maghrib
Shihab al-Din `Umar ibn Muhammad al-Suhrawardi
author of Awarif al-Ma`arif		 b. 529 –
d. 632
in Baghdad
Muhyi al-Din ibn al-`Arabi
known as Al-Sheikh al-Akbar
 d. 638
in Damascus
Taqi al-Din b. al-Salah
[ZaSH p. 37]
 d. 643
in Damascus
Diya' al-Din al-Maqdisi
 d. 643
in Damascus
Ibn Qadi al-`Askar al-Hanafi
 d. 651
in Damascus
Sibt ibn al-Jawzi
 d. 654
in Damascus
`Abd al- Rahman b. Nuh
[ZaSH p. 36]		 d. 654
in Damascus
Imam Abul-Hasan al-Shadhili al-Hasani d. 656
Humaythira, Egypt
Yusuf al-Qamini
 d. 657
in Damascus
Abu Shama
 d. 665
in Damascus
Ibn Malik sahib al-alfiyyah
 d. 672
in Damascus
`Abd Allah Ibn Abi Jamra 675
in Cairo
Ahmad al-Badawi d. 675
in Tanta, Egypt
Imam al-Nawawi
 d. 676
in Damascus
Ibrahim al-Dasuqi d. 676
Shams al-Din b 'Umar b. Qudama
 d. 682
in Damascus
Imam al-Busiri al-Shadhili
author of Qasida al-Burda		 d. 684
in Alexandria
Abul-'Abbas al-Mursi al-Shadhili d. 686
in Alexandria, Egypt
Ibn Malik the yonger (d. 686)  
 d. 686
in Damascus
Taj al-Din al-Fazari "al-Farkah"
 d. 690
in Damascus
Ibrahim ibn al-Muhaddith d. 695
in Damascus
Abu Bakr al-`Arudiki (born 584 - d.   H.) d. ... H.
in Damascus

8th century ^
Yaqut al-`Arshi al-Shadhili d. 707
in Alexandria
Ibn `Ata Allah al-Sakandari d. 709
in Cairo
Sadr al-Din Suleyman ibn Hilal
 d. 725
in Damascus
Ibn Taymiyyah
 d. 728
in Damascus
Ibrahim b. Suleyman al-Qunuwi
 d. 732
in Damascus
Ahmad al-Tabrizi al-Hanafi
 d. 735
in Damascus
Ibrahim b. Sultan al-Hanafi
 d. 738
in Damascus
Shams al-Din al-Dhahabi
 d. 748
in Damascus
Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya
 d. 751
in Damascus
The Subki family:
Taqi al-Din al-Subki (756 H.)
Taj al-Din al-Subki (d. 771 H.)


Ibn Kathir
 d. 774
in Damascus
Muhammad b. al-Harr al-Hanafi
 d. 789
in Damascus
Ibn Rajab al-Hanbal
 d. 795
in Damascus

9th century ^
Ibn Hajar al'Asqalani
 b. 733 -
d. 852
in Cairo
Imam al-Jazuli al-Shadhili
author of Dala'il al-Khayrat		 d. 869/870/873
`Abd al-Rahman al-`Ayni
d. 893
in Damascus
Sheikh Ahmad Zarruq al-Fasi al-Shadhili d. 899
in Tripoli

10th century ^
Abu Ishaq Ibrahim al-Naji
d. 900
in Damascus
Imam `Abd al-Wahhab al-Sha`rani d. 905
in Cairo
Imam Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti
 d. 911
in Cairo
Ahmad b. Badr al-Din al-Hanafi
 d. 934
in Damascus
Ibn Sultan al-Hanafi
 d. 950
in Damascus
Al-Sha'rani, "Abd al-Wahhab
 d. 973
in Cairo
Sharaf Al-Din Al-Hijawi
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]
 d. 978
in Damascus
11th century ^
Mulla 'Ali al-Qari
 d. 1014
12th century ^
`Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi
(d. ~1150 H. / 1731 CE)
 d. –1150
in Damascus
13th century ^
Mawlaya
al-`Arabi al-Darqawi
al-Hasani al-Shadhili
 d. 1239
near Fas
Sheikh Khalid al-Baghdadi
b. 1193 -
d. 1242
in Damascus
Muhammad Amin `Abidin
known as Ibn `Abidin, author of al-Hashia
 d. 1252
in Damascus
Muhammad al-Mahdi al-Saklawi
 d. 1278
in Damascus
Sheikh
Muhammad ibn Mas`ud al-Fasi
 1289
Makka

14 – 15th century ^
Al-Amir `Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza'iri al-Hasani al-Shadhili
the famous mujahid against french colonizers
 d. 1300
in Damascus
Sheikh `Ala al-Din `Abidin
 d. 1306
in Damascus
Muhammad al-Tayyib al-Hasani al-Khalwati thumma al-Shadhili d. 1313
in Damascus
Sheikh Muhammad al-Tayyib
 1313
in Damascus
Sheikh Muhammad al-Mubarak
 d. 1330
in Damascus
Qadi Yusuf al-Nabhani
 b. 1265
d. 1342
in Beirut
Sheikh Muhammad ibn Yallis
 d. 1357
in Damascus
Sheikh Badr al-Din al-Hasani
known in Sham as "al-muhaddith al-akbar"
 d. 1354
in Damascus
Sheikh Isma`il al-Yaqoubi
 d. 1380
in Damascus
Sheikh Muhammad al-Hashimi al Hasani
 d. 1381
in Damascus
Sheikh Abul Yusr `Abidin
 d. 1401
in Damascus
Sheikh Ibrahim al-Yaqoubi
 d. 1406
in Damascus
Sheikh Muhammad Sukkar d. 1429
in Damascus
Sheikh Ahmad Habbal al-Rifa'i
d. 1430
in Damascus
Sheikh Muhammad al-Ya`qubi b. 1382 -
may Allah preserve him for the benefit of the ummah
Sheikh Shukri Lahafi
 b. 1338 -
in Damascus
Sheikh Abd al-Razzaq al-Halabi
 b. 1343 -
in Damascus
Scholarly families ^
The Ya`qubi family
Overview:
Shaykh Muhammad al-Siddiq  (d. 1307)
Sheikh Muhammad al-Sharif  (d. 1362)
Sheikh Isma`il al-Yaqoubi (d.1380)
Shaykh Muhammad 'Arabi  (d. 1384)
Sheikh Ibrahim al-Yaqoubi (d.1406)
Sheikh Muhammad al-Ya`qubi (born 1382)
The Kettani family:
Sheikh Muhammad b. Ja`far (d. 1345 in Fas)
Sheikh Muhammad al-Makki (d. 1393)
The 'Abidin family:
Overview
Sources:

RB : الروض البهية في فضائل دمشق للصيادي

Reference works:
Links to on-line biograpical encyclopedia:
Imam Subki: Tabaqat al-Shafi'iyya
Ibn Khalikan: Wafayat al-A'lam
Ibn Hajar: Taqrib al-Tahdhib
Ibn Hajar: Al-Isaba
Ibn Athir: Usd al-Ghaba fi ma'rifati al-Sahaba
Ibn Kathir: Al-bidaya wa al-Nihaya
Al-Wafidi: Futuh al=Sham
Al-Suyuti: Lubb al-Lubab (spelling of names)
Al-Qalqashnadi: Ansab al-"Arab

Downloads of biograpical encyclopedia
The Kettani family:
Sheikh Muhammad b. Ja`far (d. 1345 in Fas)
Sheikh Muhammad al-Makki (d. 1393)
The 'Abidin family:
Sheikh Muhammad b. Ja`far (d. 1345 in Fas)
Sheikh Muhammad al-Makki (d. 1393)
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