Al-Zaylaʽi
ʽAbd al-Raḥman bin Aḥmad al-Zaylaʽi عبد الرحمن بن أحمد الزيلعي | |
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Al-Zaylaʽi (ʽAbd al-Raḥman bin Aḥmad al-Zaylaʽi عبد الرحمن بن أحمد الزيلعي) ( 1820–1882) was a
Qadiriyyah Sufi order in Somalia and East Africa
.
Born in the rural village of Kedilai northwest of
Ulema
,
He later moved to Mogadishu, studying under Sheikh Isma'il b. Umar al-Maqdishi.
Al-Zayla'i traveled to various Islamic centers in the Horn of Africa. Upon returning to his home village, he established a community of pupils near Qolonqol, setting out to spread the Qadiriyyah order throughout the upper Shebelle region. This enhanced his reputation and also helped the order gain considerable success amongst the region's pastoralists, the religious elite, and the villagers of the interior.[1]
See also
References
- S2CID 162001423.
- Samatar, S.S. (1992). In the Shadow of Conquest: Islam in Colonial Northeast Africa. Red Sea Press. p. 13. ISBN 9780932415707. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
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