At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Colonial Era
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
- Review
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Life in time
Scripture and its sciencesSpirituality and Sufism
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Shihab al-Din Ahmad ibn Ahmad ibn Isma'il al-Halawani, a scholar from Egypt, Shafi'i in school and Khalwati in the Sufi order. He was born in 1833 CE (1249 AH) and died in 1891 CE (1308 AH). 1
Both dates are from the encyclopaedia of notable scholars and men of letters, and they are recorded as reported dates. They need an additional source.
The museum's data hold nothing more; the details of his life and works need an additional source.
People and things also explored
The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam· Prophetic adab (proper conduct)· Akhi Baba (title of the guild shaykh and tanners' head)· The seven ahruf· Hadith· The angelic and the satanic inspiration (lamma)· Asking people for help (al-masala)· The soul (nafs) and the spirit (ruh)
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Shihab al-Din al-Halawani, Ahmad ibn Ahmad”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ahmad-al-halawani-shihab-al-din/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.