'Abd al-Samad al-Samadi al-Qadiri of Damascus

Shaykh 'Abd al-Samad, known as al-Samadi, of Damascus, of the Qadiriyya; al-Kawakib says he was "a worshipper, a scholar, a memoriser of the Qur'an and the Path"; born in 911, he kept to the dhikr circles and the prayer upon the Prophet ﷺ, serving the keeping of the poor. ¹

He travelled to the Hijaz, to the Prophetic City, dwelling a while with his master Shaykh Sa'd al-Din, heard many at the Haram and took from them; he multiplied dhikr, completing a full khatm every four days, and read it to his shaykh 'Abd al-Rahman al-Saqqa so that he memorised what the shaykhs held; he served scholars and righteous men in his house, taught boys Qur'an, provision opened to him, and he was accepted by people and notables alike. He died on the night of Friday 10 Safar 94. ¹