Sulayman al-Hawwat

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1747 CE · 1160 AH – 1816 CE · 1231 AH

From a noble family of Fez, one of the scholars of the Maghrib in the thirteenth century AH.

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Scholar
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Sunni
Era
The Gunpowder Empires
Region
Maghreb
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Overview

Abu al-Rabi' Sulayman ibn Muhammad ibn Abd Allah al-Hawwat al-Shafshawni al-Fasi. He came from a noble house of Fez, and was one of the scholars of the Maghrib in the thirteenth century AH 1.

Dates

He was born in 1160 AH (1747 CE) and died in 1231 AH (1816 CE), according to the encyclopedia Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa al-Udaba' 1.

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People and things also explored

The abjad letters named for Madyan's kings· The seven ahruf· Hadith· Shama'il Muhammadiyya· The Prophetic sira· Command, prohibition and capacity· Bid'a (religious innovation)· Sacred hadith (hadith qudsi)

Sources

  1. Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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islam.museum contributors. “Sulayman al-Hawwat”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/sulayman-ibn-muhammad-al-hawwat/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-16.

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The abjad letters named for Madyan's kings

al-Mas'udi's etymology of the abjad numeral letters — the 29 letters of the abjad order named after six kings of Shu'ayb's people: Abjad of Mecca and the Hijaz, Hawwaz and Hutti of Wajj (the Ta'if and Najd lands), and Kalamn, Sa'fas and Qursht of Madyan or Egypt.