At a glance
- Roles
- mystic · teacher
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Gunpowder Empires
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Summary
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Abd Allah al-Bakri al-Siddiqi al-Shafi'i, the great master and leading imam of his age beyond dispute. He followed the example of his father and after him kept to his lofty path and his excellent school, and in his days people benefited from the righteous predecessors. 1.
Shaykh of the path
Whoever sat in his company for a single day gained knowledge and blessings. His knowledge of spiritual states, unveilings, manifestations and realities was such that Ibn Hajar al-Haytami stated that he was a complete shaykh, a verifier of its attributes and properties, and Ibn Hajar heard from him benefits that surpass a whole house of benefits. 2.
Death
He died in Rabi' al-Akhir 993 AH. 2.
People and things also explored
Prophetic adab (proper conduct)· Akhi Baba (title of the guild shaykh and tanners' head)· The angelic and the satanic inspiration (lamma)· Asking people for help (al-masala)· The soul (nafs) and the spirit (ruh)· Tabattul (withdrawal from the world)· Intimacy with God (uns billah)· Certainty and its degrees (yaqin)
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 431-432
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 432
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islam.museum contributors. “Muhammad al-Bakri al-Siddiqi, 'the greatest teacher'”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/muhammad-al-bakri-siddiqi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-19.