At a glance
- Roles
- mystic
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Place in the story
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Summary
Sultan al-Ba'labakki, the ascetic, a companion of Shaykh 'Abd Allah al-Yunini; al-Sakhawi counted him among God's greatest saints in his Tabaqat. His servant related that he asked him how many times he had reached Mecca in a night — thirteen times; his son related that the gates of Baalbek would open for him at night. He conferred the state upon a Kurdish groom, then ordered him to bury him after three days — and the groom died after three. 1
Connections
- Studied under
- Abdallah al-Yunini
- Lived in
- Baalbek
People and things also explored
Shaykh al-Islam al-Yunini· Muhammad b. Abdallah al-Yunini· Abdallah al-Yunini· Baalbek· the Jazīra raid — Kumayl's counterattack and Shabīb's pursuit to Baʿlabakk (39 AH)· al-Fakhr al-Ba'labakki· Amin al-Dawla al-Samiri· Ibn Sana' al-Dawla
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 219
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-Shaykh Sultan al-Ba'labakki”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/sultan-al-balabakki/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.