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الإمام شامل الداغستاني

al-Imām Shāmil al-Dāghistānī

quddisa sirruhu — may his secret be sanctified

1212 – 1287 AH / 1797 – 1871

his portrait is written, not drawn

His portrait is his lamp: no image survives, and none is needed.

stationWalī
born1212 AH
returned1287 AH
day keptOne

His Daysأَيَّامُهُ

Urs of Imam Shamil al-Daghestani5 Shaʿbān

Days of the Islamic calendar kept in his memory — each opens in the prayer book.