Fozail bin Iyaz

Fozail bin Iyaz (R.A)

(723-802/3 AD)

Abu Ali Fozail bin Iyaz al-Talaqani was born in 105 AH/723 AD at Khorasan. After conversion he went to Kufa and later to Makkah, where he resided for many years and died in Muharram AH/ 802-3 AD and buried in the graveyard of ,Jannat-al-Mua’ala. He achieved considerable repute as an authority on Traditions (Ahadith), and his boldness in preaching before Caliph Harun al-Rashid is widely reported.

Shaqiq Balkhi (R.A)

(Died in 810 AD)

Abu Ali Shaqiq Bin Ebrahim al-Azdi Balkhi, a man of wide learning, began his career as a merchant hut. later turned to the ascetic way. He made the pilgrimage to Makkah, and was martyred fighting in the Battle of Kolan in 194 AH/810 AD and buried in Khaqlan.

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Yusuf bin Isbat al- Shibani (R.A)

(died in 196 AH/ 811 AD)

A theologian later converted into a Sufi mystic of a small village of Shaikh al-Hadid located in between Halab (Aleppo—Syria) and Antakiya (Southern

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Ma’ruf Karkhi (R.A)

(Died in 815 AD)

Abu Mahfuz Ma’ruf bin Firuz al-Karkhi is said to have been born of Christian parents at Karkh (Iraq) and later accepted Islam. I-Ic was a prominent mystic of Baghdad school, who emphasized sobriety in life and religion. He emphasized that Sufi attainment cannot he achieved by effort but was only God’s gift. He died in Baghdad in 200-1 AH/815 AD and his tomb, on the west bank of the Tigris (Dajlah) in Baghdad, is still a centre of pilgrimage.

Imam Shafa’i (R.A)

(767-820 AD)

Abu Abdullah Muhamniad bin Idris al-Shaui’i, theologian and jurist and the founder of Shafi’i Code of Law, especially L’JsuI-e-Fiqli (Principles of jurisprudence) was born at Asqalan (Ghaza), in Palestine, in Rajab 150 AH/767 AD and died and buried in (Fustat) near Cairo (Egypt) in 204 AH/820 AD. His great contribution was the creation of a new

synthesis of Islamic legal thoughts.

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Imam Ali Rida (R.A)

(772-823 AD)

Ahu al-Hassan Au bin Moosa al-Rida (RA) was horn at Madina in 151 AH/768 AD or in 153 AH/770 AD and died in Tus (18 miles from Mashhad) in 203 Af-I/ 818 AD, and buried in Mashhad (Eastern Iran).

Ma’mun Al-Rashid

(786-833 AD)

Abuul Abbas Abdullah al-Ma’mun al-Rashid bin I larun al-Rashid, seventh Abbasid caliph was born at Baghdad in 170 AH/786 AD and died at Tarsus, Cicilcia in 218 AH/833 AD, His period of caliphate (813-833 AD) was a golden period in which intellectual pursuits flourished widely and, many books of different languages viz: Greek, Persian, Sanskirt, Arantiac on the subjects of philosophy, arts, astrology, medical sciences and other sciences were translated in Arabic. Two observatories, one in Baghdad and other in Damsqus, were established, Colleges and libraries were opened.

Imam Taqi (R.A)

(808-840 AD)

Ahu Ja’far Muhammad bin Imam Ali Raza (R.A) was born in 195 AH/808 AD and died in 225AH/840 AD

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Mansur bin Ammar (R.A)

(Died in 225 AH/840 AD)

A Sufi saint of Basra Abu al-Sri Mansur bin Ammar, was born in Mrv and settled and buried in Basra (south-eastern Iraq).

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