At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Gunpowder Empires
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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Life in time
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Ahmad ibn Abd Allah al-Sulami, whose title is Shihab al-Din and whose nisba is al-Asabi, a scholar from Zabid in Yemen. The nisba refers to Dhu Asab near Zabid. He studied his subjects in Zabid under Shaykh Abd Allah al-Mizjaji. 1
The encyclopaedia says he was alive in 1118 AH (1706 CE). His birth and death dates and his works need an additional source.
People and things also explored
The seven ahruf· Hadith· Shama'il Muhammadiyya· The Prophetic sira· The Prophetic Sunna· Command, prohibition and capacity· The Sunna as explanation of the Qur'an· Bid'a (religious innovation)
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. “Ahmad ibn Abdallah al-Asabi al-Salami”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ahmad-ibn-abdallah-al-asabi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.