Abd al-Wahhab al-Sha'rani (1492/3–1565, AH 898–973, full name ar, عبد الوهاب ابن أحمد الشعرانى ') was an Egyptian Shafi'i scholar and mystic, founder of an Egyptian order of

Sufism Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, r ...

, eponymously known as '. The order gradually declined after Shaʿrani's death, although it remained active until the 19th century. Sharani's master was the prominent

Shaykh Ali al-Khawas Shaykh Ali al-Khawas was a prominent 16th-century Muslim Sufi poet and mystic. Influence One of Al-Khawas' students was the Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning th ...

. Besides voluminous mystic writings, he also composed an epitome of a treatise by as-Suwaydī (1204–1292; AH 604–690).' ed. Cairo, 1302 8851316

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ed. Aḥmad Farīd al-Mazīdī, Beirut (1998). MS A 45 in the
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Bethesda, MD. His seminal work ''Al-Mīzan al-Kubra'' (The Supreme Scale) compares the rulings of all four Sunni schools of

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as if they were a single school. He considered the differences, according to their difficulty, as either strictness ('azima) or dispensation ( rukhsa).This issue is partially discussed by Ahmed Fekry Ibrahim, "Al-Sha`rani's Response to Legal Purism: A Theory of Legal Pluralism", in ''Islamic Law and Society'', vol. 20 (2013, pp. 110-140.

Works

* ''Al-Ajwiba-t al-Marḍiyya '' * ''Al-Kibrīt al-Aḥmar '' * ''Al-Mīzan al-Kubra '' (The Supreme Scale) rabic ed. Cairo: al-Maṭābi` al-Amīriyya, 1900. 2 vols.* ''Al-Tabaqat al-Kubra '' (The supreme levels) * ''Lata'if al-minan wa al-akhlaq '' (Subtleties of gifts and character) * ''Lawaqih al-anwar al-qudsiyya '' (The fecundating sacred illuminations) * ''Kitab al-yawaqit wa al-jawahir fī bayan 'aqa'id al-akabir '' (The book of rubies and jewels: an explanation of the tenets of faith of mystic luminaries). * ''Al-Jawahir wa al-Durar '' (The jewels and pearls) * ''Durar al-Ghawas li sayyidi Ali al-Khawas '' * ''Al-Kawkab al-shahiq fī al-farq bayn al-Mureed al-sadiq wa Ghayri sadiq '' * ''Mawazin al-qaswirin min shuyukhin wa muridin '' * ''al-Fulk al-mashḥūn fī bayān anna l-taṣawwuf huwa mā takhluqu bihi al-'ulamā' al-'āmilūn '' *'

References

* C. Brockelmann, ''Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur'' (GAL), 1st edition, 2 vols. (Leiden: Brill, 1889–1936), vol. 2, pp. 335–8. * M. Winter, 'Shaʿrānī' in Gibbs et al. (eds.), ''The Encyclopaedia of Islam'', 2nd edition, 11 vols. (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1960–2002), vol. 9, p. 316. {{DEFAULTSORT:Sharani Asharis Shafi'is Mujaddid Sunni Sufis Sufi mystics Sufi teachers Sufi writers Muslim mystics Sunni imams Sunni Muslim scholars Supporters of Ibn Arabi 1492 births 1565 deaths 16th-century Egyptian people 16th-century jurists

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