Origin from 1276
The Badawiyyah is a Sufi tariqah founded in thirteenth century Egypt by Ahmad al-Badawi, who lived from 1199 to 1276. As a tariqah it holds no distinct doctrines of its own, but it was extremely popular during the Mamluk and Ottoman periods, when Mamluk sultans supported elaborate mawlid celebrations at al-Badawi's resting place in the Nile Delta town of Tanta. During the Ottoman period the order spread to Turkey, where it maintained tekkes in Istanbul that survived until the founding of the Turkish republic, and the mawlid of Sayyid Badawi is still celebrated in Tanta every year with tents, Qur'an recitations and sermons from scholars of al-Azhar.
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Kind of order ApostolateSpiritual Direction and Dhikr 2 Who may join Origins
Origin Period Origin Period Status
Status TodayLiving tradition, practised today 1 Belief
Defining Doctrinal PositionAn interior path (tasawwuf) pursued within the schools of law 2 Organisation
OrdinationAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordination 2 Connections
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Founded By
Source Ahmad al-Badawi (Wikipedia)
Governed By Polity
Source New World Encyclopedia: Sufism
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Source Badawiyya (Wikipedia)
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1. Badawiyya (Wikipedia)
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was founded in the thirteenth century in Egypt by Ahmad al-Badawi (1199-1276)
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founded in the thirteenth century in Egypt
Introduction, kind of order
The Badawiyyah, Sufi tariqah, was founded in the thirteenth century in Egypt by Ahmad al-Badawi (1199-1276).
Originated In: Egypt, Opening sentences of the entity description
The Badawiyyah is a Sufi tariqah founded in thirteenth century Egypt by Ahmad al-Badawi, who lived from 1199 to 1276.
View the Source2. Islamic Mysticism: A Short History
Alexander Knysh, Brill
Wikidata: Badawiyya
Wikidata Q391208, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Ahmad al-Badawi (Wikipedia)
New World Encyclopedia: Sufism
New World EncyclopediaGoverned By Polity: Silsila (The Chain of Spiritual Descent), Sufism article, Sufi orders and their chains of transmissionQuote, Governed By Polity: Silsila (The Chain of Spiritual Descent), Sufism article, Sufi orders and their chains of transmission
Almost all traditional Sufi orders trace their "chains of transmission" back to the Prophet via his cousin and son-in-law Ali ibn Abi Talib (except the Naqshbandi order which traces its origin to caliph Abu Bakr ).
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