Ahmad al-Badawi
Sidi Aḥmad al-Badawī | |
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| Mystic, Jurist | |
| Born | 1200 CE (596 AH) Fez, Almohad Caliphate (present-day Morocco) |
| Died | 1276 CE (674 AH) Tanta, Mamluk Sultanate (present-day Egypt) |
| Venerated in | In some versions of Sufism |
| Major shrine | Mosque of Aḥmad al-Badawī, Tanta, Egypt |
| Feast | A few days every October (mawlid) |
Tradition or genre | Sufi Islam (Jurisprudence: Maliki) |
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Aḥmad el-Badawī (Egyptian Arabic: أحمد البدوى, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [ˈæħmæd elˈbædæwi]), also known as Elsayyid Elbadawī (السيد البدوى [esˈsæjjed elˈbædæwi]), or as Elsayyid for short, or reverentially as Elsayyid Elbadawi by Sufi Muslims who venerate saints, was a 13th-century Arab Sufi Muslim mystic who became famous as the founder of the Badawiyyah order of Sufism. Born in Fes, Morocco to a Bedouin tribe originally from the Syrian Desert, al-Badawi eventually settled for good in Tanta, Egypt in 1236, whence he developed a posthumous reputation as "One of the greatest saints in the Arab world" As al-Badawi is perhaps "the most popular of Sufi saints in Egypt", his tomb has remained a "major site of visitation" for Sufis in the region.