Emad Al-Din Bin Shahab Al-Din Al-Suhrawardi
Emad Al-Din Bin Shahab Al-Din Al-Suhrawardi (1): Emad Al-Din Abu Ja’far Muhammad Bin Al-Imam Al-Arif Sheikh Abi Abdullah Umar Bin Muhammad Bin Abdullah Bin Amuwiah Al-Suhrawardi was from the tribe of Taym, a sub-clan of the tribe of Quraysh, and a descendant of Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq. Born in Sohrevard in 587 AH, he was a highly respected Sufi who lived in Baghdad. He received hadiths from Imam Abi Al-Faraj Abdel-Rahman Bin Ali Ibn Al-Jawzi, Sheikh Abi Ahmed Abdul-Wahhab Bin Ali Ibn Sukaina, and Al-Hafith Abi Muhammad Al-Qasim Bin Ali Al-Dimashqi, while Al-Dumyati, his grandson (Abu Al-Qasim Abdul-Mahmoud Bin Abdel-Rahman Bin Muhammad Ibn Al-Suhrawardi), and others narrated on his authority. He died in Baghdad on the 10th of Jumada Al-Thani in 655 AH.
Source: Kitab Al-Sulala Al-Bakria As-Siddiqia – Part II, by Ahmed Farghal Al-De’abassi Al-Bakri
Date of Publication
1 Ramadan 1438 AH / May 26, 2017 AD
(1) Tarikh Al-Islam, Bashar Ed. 14/ 788, Nuzhat Al-Anam fi Tarikh Al-Islam pg. 238, Silat Al-Takmila li-Wafayat Al-Naqala 1/ 351