Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Overview
Al-Sayyid the genealogist Husayn al-Dimashqi al-Hasani al-Shafi'i, shaykh of Damascus's shaykhs; born at Salihiyya in 774 and heard hadith in his father's early age — a genealogist who claimed he had compiled five books on nasab; he died in Sha'ban 866, past a hundred. 1
People and things also explored
al-Attarine Madrasa, Fez· Experience versus service, and self-development· Scientific matn (condensed school text)· Reading and culture (al-qira'a wa-l-thaqafa)· Motivation· The youth cultural crisis· Life management and choosing one's field· Madrasa
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 307
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-Sayyid al-Nassaba Husayn”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-sayyid-al-nassaba/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.