Ahmad al-Zawawi

Ahmad al-Zawawi ( Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Abdallah az-Zawawi) (1398 CE/800 AH – 1488 CE/884 AH) was born in Algiers. He was a theologian and Maliki Mufti of Algiers.

Teachers

Ahmad al-Zawawi had the Imam Abd al-Rahman al-Tha'alibi as a guide and teacher in Malikism and Sufism.

He was also a disciple for several scholars as Al-Sakhawi and others.

Disciples

He taught several scholars as:

• Ahmad Zarruq
• Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Sanusi

Works

His works cover several aspects of the Islamic sciences, as:

• Poem in the faith beliefs () or ().
• Poem in monotheism ().

Citations

• Ahmad Zarruq said about his sheikh Ahmed Zouaoui:

• Al-Sakhawi said about his disciple Ahmed Zouaoui:

Poems

Ahmad al-Zawawi wrote several poem lines, such as these in sufism:

See also

• Muftis in Algiers
• Islam in Algeria

References