Badawiyya

Sufi mystic order in Sunni Islam

The Badawiyyah, Sufi tariqah, was founded in the thirteenth century in Egypt by Ahmad al-Badawi (1199-1276). As a tariqah, the Badawiyyah lacks any distinct doctrines.^[1]

It was, however, extremely popular during both the Mamluk and Ottoman periods of Egypt. Mamluk Sultans often supported elaborate 'Mawlids' at the resting place of Shaykh Ahmed al-Badawi (or Sayyid Badawi as he is more commonly known) in the Nile Delta town of Tanta.

During the Ottoman period, this order spread to Turkey and there were several Tekkes or zawiyas in Istanbul many of which survived until the founding of the Turkish republic.

The mawlid of Sayyid Badawi is still celebrated in Egypt every year where the population of Tanta swells to almost double. Tents are placed in the streets around the Mosque of Sayyid Badawi where Qur'an recitations and sermons by important scholars from al-Azhar Mosque are delivered.

References

^ el-Aswad, El-Sayed (July 13, 2012). Muslim Worldviews and Everyday Lives. Rowman Altamira. p. 77. ISBN 9780759121195. Retrieved 16 November 2016.

Sufism

Sufi orders

Malamatiyya (Hamdun al-Qassar)
Junaydiyya (Al-Junayd)

Four Sufi poles	Qadiriyya ('Abd al-Qadir al-Gilani) Rifa'iyya (Ahmad al-Rifa'i) Badawiyya (Ahmad al-Badawi) Desuqiyya (Ibrahim al-Desuqi)

Naqshbandiyya (Baha' al-Din Naqshband)
Chishtiyya (Mu'in al-Din Chishti)
Shadhiliyya (Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili)
Darqawiyya (Muhammad al-'Arabi al-Darqawi)
Suhrawardiyya (Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi)
Akbariyya (Ibn 'Arabi)
Khalwatiyya ('Umar al-Khalwati)
Rahmaniyya (Muhammad b. 'Abd al-Rahman al-Azhari)
Bayramiyya (Bayram Wali)
Ba 'Alawiyya (Muhammad ibn 'Ali Ba 'Alawi)
Tijaniyya (Ahmad al-Tijani)
Idrisiyya (Ahmad ibn Idris al-Fasi)

Practices

Ideas

Sufi literature

Notable Sufis

2nd AH/8th AD	Al-Hasan al-Basri (d. 110 AH) Malik ibn Dinar (d. 128 AH) Ibrahim ibn Adham (d. 160 AH) Sufyan al-Thawri (d. 161 AH) Dawud al-Ta'i (d. 165 AH) 'Abd al-Wahid ibn Zaid (d. 177 AH) Rabi'a al-'Adawiyya (d. 180 AH) Ibn al-Mubarak (d. 181 AH) Al-Fudayl ibn 'Iyad (d. 188 AH) Shaqiq al-Balkhi (d. 194 AH) Ma'ruf al-Karkhi (d. 200 AH)
3rd AH/9th AD	Al-Darani (d. 205 or 215 AH) Bishr al-Hafi (d. 227 AH) Al-Harith al-Muhasibi (d. 243 AH) Dhul-Nun al-Misri (d. 245 AH) Sari al-Saqati (d. 253 AH) Yahya ibn Mu'adh al-Razi (d. 258 AH) Abu Sa'id al-Kharraz (d. 277 or 286 AH) Sahl al-Tustari (d. 283 AH) Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi (d. 295 or 320 AH) Abu al-Husain al-Nuri (d. 295 AH)
4th AH/10th AD	Ruwaym (d. 303 AH) Abu Bakr al-Shibli (d. 334 AH) Abu Talib al-Makki (d. 386 AH) Abu Bakr al-Kalabadhi (d. 380 AH)
Sufi leaders	Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi (d. 589 AH) Muzaffar al-Din Gökböri (d. 630 AH) Yusuf Abu al-Haggag (d. 642 AH) Muhammad al-Fateh (d. 886 AH) Aurangzeb (d. 1118 AH) Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi (d. 1277 AH) Bahadur Shah Zafar (d. 1278 AH) Imam Shamil (d. 1287 AH) Emir Abdel-Kader (d. 1300 AH) Muhammad Ahmad (d. 1302/1885) Omar al-Mukhtar (d. 1350 AH) 'Izz al-Din al-Qassam (d. 1354 AH)