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Also known as Shaʿrānī, Abd al-Wahhab al-Sha'rani, ‘Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ahmad al-sha‘arani

'''Abd al-Wahhab al-Sha'rani (1492/3–1565, AH 898–973, full name ') was a highly influential Egyptian scholar. He was an eminent jurist, traditionist, historian, mystic and theologian. He was one of the Islamic revivalists and scholastic saints of the sixteenth century. He is credited for reviving Islam and is one of the most prolific writers of the early Egyptian-Ottoman period. His legal, spiritual, and theological writings are still widely read in the Muslim world today. He is regarded as "one of the last original thinkers in Islam." He was the founder of an Egyptian order of Su

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Religious biography.religion
Islam
Religious biography.occupation
Scholar, Jurist, Traditionist, Historian, Sufi, Islamic Theologian
Religious biography.era
Early modern period
Religious biography.name
'Abd al-Wahhab al-Sha'rani
Religious biography.birth_date
1493
Religious biography.birth_place
Cairo, Mamluk Sultanate
Religious biography.death_place
Cairo, Egypt Eyalet, Ottoman Empire
Religious biography.region
Egypt
Religious biography.denomination
Sunni
Religious biography.jurisprudence
Shafi'i
Religious biography.creed
Ash'ari
Religious biography.main_interests
Islamic Jurisprudence, Hadith, History, Tasawwuf, Islamic theology
Religious biography.works
Al-Mizan al-KubraAl-Tabaqat al-Kubra
Religious biography.influences
Al-Shafi'iAbu Hasan al-Ash'ariIbn ArabiZakariyya al-AnsariAl-SuyutiAl-Qastallani
Religious biography.influenced
Al-MunawiIbrahim al-Bajuri

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date of birth
1493-00-00
date of death
1565-12-05
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Abd Al-Wahhab bin Ahmad Al-Misri Al-Sharani
name in native language
عبد الوهّاب الشعراني
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  • Name and Origin
  • Biography
  • Birth
  • Education
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  • Ibn Arabi
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'''Abd al-Wahhab al-Sha'rani (1492/3–1565, AH 898–973, full name ') was a highly influential Egyptian scholar. He was an eminent jurist, traditionist, historian, mystic and theologian. He was one of the Islamic revivalists and scholastic saints of the sixteenth century. He is credited for reviving Islam and is one of the most prolific writers of the early Egyptian-Ottoman period. His legal, spiritual, and theological writings are still widely read in the Muslim world today. He is regarded as "one of the last original thinkers in Islam." He was the founder of an Egyptian order of Sufism, eponymously known as ''''. The order gradually declined after Shaʿrani's death, although it remained active until the 19th century.

==Name and Origin== Al-Sha'rani claimed that Musa Abu 'Imran, the son of the Sultan of Tlemcen in North Africa, was his ancestor five generations ago. Sheikh Abu Madyan Shu'ayb, the Shadhili Sufi tradition's founder, sent Musa to Egypt as one of his disciples. The family finally made their home in the Monufia province's Sakiyat Abu Sha'ra village, hence the name "Sha'rani."

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