Aḥmad b. Abī l-Ḥawārī - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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Knysh, Alexander D.
Leiden
Brill
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Aḥmad b. Abī l-Ḥawārī (d. 230/845 or 244/860) was an early ascetic and mystic from Syria, the principal disciple and loyal follower of the renowned Syrian mystic Abū Sulaymān al-Dārānī (d. 215/830). Although his biographers have consistently associated him with Syria and Damascus, he was a well-travelled person, who spent considerable time in Iraq and accompanied Abū Sulaymān on his pilgrimages to Arabia's holy cities. Aḥmad b. Abī l-Ḥawārī belonged to a Syrian family acclaimedfor its asceticism and righteousness. His father is