Ibn Ata Allah al-Iskandari

Ibn Ata Allah al-Iskandari
Personal life
Born658 AH / 1259 CE
Died709 AH / 1310 CE
EraMedieval
RegionAlexandria
Religious life
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceMaliki
TariqaShadhili
CreedAshari

'Ibn ʿAṭāʾ Allāh al-Iskandarī, or al-Sakandarī (in full, Tāj al-Dīn Abū'l-Faḍl Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Karīm ibn ʿAbd al-Rahmān ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿĪsā ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAṭāʾ Allāh al-Judhāmī al-Iskandarī, Arabic: تاج الدين أبو الفضل أحمد بن محمد بن عبد الكريم بن عبد الرحمن بن عبد الله بن أحمد بن عيسى بن الحسين بن عطاء الله الجذامي السكندري) was an Egyptian Maliki jurist, muhaddith and the third murshid (spiritual "guide" or "master") of the Shadhiliyya Sufi order after his teacher Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi.