Sayyidina Hasan al-‘Adawi al-Hamzawi

(His tomb lies in his mosque in al-Husayn district)

He is the great luminary, active scholar, and servant of the sunna, Sheikh Hasan al-‘Adawi al-Hamzawi. He was known for preserving the sunna and the biographies of the righteous.

The books he authored books were well received. These include Irshad al-Murid fi al-Tawheed; al-Nafahat al-Nabawiyya; al-Nur al-Sary ‘ala al-Bukhari; and others.

The debates he held with emirs and scholars were characterized with wisdom and good advice.

He was born in 1221 AH and died in 1303 AH.