Depth
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 Muhammad al-Asadi, known as Shaykh al-Sammaki al-Makki, a Meccan scholar of the eleventh century AH who grew up in Mecca. He was born around 1035 AH (1625 CE) and died around 1066 AH (1656 CE). Both dates rest on one source and need an additional source. 1
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. “al-Asadi, Ahmad al-Sammaki”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-asadi-ahmad-al-sammaki/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.