Ahmad al-Badawi
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The Shaykh Ahmad Al-Badawī (or Al-Sayyid Al-Badawī) was a Muslim
Islam
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 founder of the Badawiyyah
Badawiyyah
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 Sufi
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 order. He was born in Fes
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, Morocco
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 in 596 AH and died in Tanta
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, Egypt
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in 675 AH. His followers report that he was credited with many karāmāt (miracles).

Further reading

  • Al-Imām Nūruddīn Al-Halabī Al-Ahmadī, Sīrah Al-Sayyid Ahmad Al-Badawī, Published by Al-Maktabah Al-Azhariyyah Li Al-Turāth, Cairo.
  • Mayeur-Jaouen, Catherine, Al-Sayyid Ahmad Al-Badawi: Un Grand Saint De L'islam egyptien, Published by Institut francais d'archeologie orientale du Caire

External links

  • Pilgrimage/Carnival photos by BBC

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/07/middle_east_egypt0s_biggest_moulid/html/1.stm
  • An article by the Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2000/510/special.htm
  • A 1953 Egyptian film

http://www.citwf.com/film307216.htm
  • A short biography

http://www.maktabah-ibn-badawi.com/english/badawi.htm
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