Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Summary
Al-Zawzani, shaykh of the Sufis of Baghdad; born in 366 to an elderly mother, he kept company with Abu'l-Hasan al-Husri and transmitted from Abu 'Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami, becoming shaykh of the Sufis — the ribat facing the Mansur mosque was named for him, though it had been built for al-Husri and al-Zawzani his companion. 1
His saying and death
He used to say: 'I kept company with a thousand shaykhs, al-Husri first among them; from every shaykh I preserve one saying.' He died in Ramadan 451 and was buried in the ribat. 1
Connections
- Studied under
- Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami
People and things also explored
Sources
- al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , j.8 p.555
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Abu'l-Hasan al-Zawzani”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-zawzani/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.