Name:
Abd al-Samad bin Hassan Kula Zardah bin Muhammad al-Nawdahi.
Title:
Fadl al-Din.
Madhhab (Jurisprudential School):
The Shafi‘i school.
Spiritual Path:
The Qadiriyyah Tariqah, which he received from his brother, Sheikh Muhyi al-Din Kirkuk, as a blessing.
Works:
Tuhfat al-Salah, a marginal commentary on al-Suyuti’s Sharh al-Alfiyyah, Sharh Dala’il al-Khayrat, and a didactic poem (manzuma) on the shaykhs of the Qadiriyyah tariqah.
Passing:
He departed to the realm of witnessing and truth (alam al-shuhud wa-l-haqq) in the year 1234 AH.
Sources:
1. Muhammad al-Khal, Ma‘ruf al-Nawdahi al-Barazanji, p. 77.
2. al-Baghdadi, Hadiyyat al-Arifin, vol. 1, pp. 574–575.