Ahmed Zouaoui (Arabic: أحمد بن عبد الله الزواوي Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Abdallah az-Zawawi) (1398 CE/800 AH – 1488 CE/884 AH) was born in Algiers. He was a theologian and Maliki Mufti of Algiers.[1][2]
Ahmed Zouaoui
Maliki Mufti
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| Title | Maliki Mufti of Algiers |
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| Born | أحمد بن عبد الله الزواوي (1398 CE/800 AH |
| Died | 1488 CE/884 AH |
| Resting place | Casbah of Algiers |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Nationality | Algerian |
| Home town | Casbah of Algiers |
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| Region | Algeria |
| School | Sunnism |
| Jurisprudence | Maliki |
| Main interest(s) | Sufism, Aqida, Malikism |
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| Other names | أبو العباس أحمد بن عبد الله الزواوي |
| Posthumous name | سيدي أحمد الزواوي |
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| Order | Malikism |
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| Teacher | Abd al-Rahman al-Tha'alibi |
| Predecessor | Abd al-Rahman al-Tha'alibi |
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Ahmed Zouaoui had the Imam Abd al-Rahman al-Tha'alibi as a guide and teacher in Malikism and Sufism.[3][4]
He was also a disciple for several scholars as Al-Sakhawi and others.[5][6]
He taught several scholars as:
His works cover several aspects of the Islamic sciences, as:[12][5]
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Ahmed Zouaoui wrote several poem lines, such as these in sufism:[18]
واعلم بأن عيوب النفس مهلكة ـــــ أقلها ميلها للعجز والكسل
وحالنا كلنا في النفس واحدة ـــــ لأن علتها أربت على العلل
فنسأل الله عونا فهو ملجؤنا ـــــ على نفوس قست للخير لم تمل[19]— Ahmed Zouaoui, in Mukhtasar Sanoussi