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Salama Hasan al-Radi was born in Bulaq in 1284 AH (1867) to a family of sharifs from the Hijaz that had settled at Rayda in Minya. He worked for his living…
Salama Hasan al-Radi was born in Bulaq in 1284 AH (1867) to a family of sharifs from the Hijaz that had settled at Rayda in Minya. He worked for his living from an early age while following the path of Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili, and became the founder of the Hamidiyya Shadhiliyya, one of the largest orders in Egypt. He passed away in 1939. His mosque and grave stand in Bulaq, in the old al-Sabtiyya quarter near Wikalat al-Balah.