alus i ) ▁( 1 9 ▁March ▁ 1 6 4 1 ▁– ▁ 5 ▁March ▁ 1 7 3 1 ), ▁was ▁an ▁em inent ▁Sun ni ▁Muslim ▁scholar ▁and ▁S uf i , ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Dam asc us ▁in ▁ 1 6 4 1 ▁into ▁a ▁family ▁of ▁Islam ic ▁scholar ship . ▁His ▁father , ▁Is ma ' il ▁Abd ▁al - G h ani , ▁was ▁a ▁jur ist ▁in ▁the ▁H ana fi ▁school ▁of ▁Sun ni ▁Islam ▁and ▁a ▁contrib utor ▁to ▁Arab ic ▁literature . ▁The ▁▁ ▁family ▁was ▁Dam asc ene , ▁but ▁came ▁originally ▁from ▁N ab lus ▁and ▁Jerusalem . ▁ ▁Before ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 2 0 ▁he ▁was ▁teaching ▁and ▁giving ▁formal ▁legal ▁opinions ▁( f at wa ). ▁He ▁joined ▁both ▁the ▁myst ical ▁orders ▁Q adi ri y ya ▁and ▁Na q sh band i , ▁and ▁spent ▁seven ▁years ▁in ▁isol ation ▁in ▁his ▁house ▁studying ▁the ▁myst ics ▁on ▁their ▁expression ▁of ▁divine ▁experiences . ▁He ▁taught ▁in ▁the ▁U ma wi ▁Mos que ▁in ▁Dam asc us ▁and ▁the ▁S ali hi y ya ▁Mad ras a , ▁becoming ▁ren owned ▁throughout ▁the ▁region ▁as ▁an ▁accomplished ▁Islam ic ▁scholar . ▁He ▁travel led ▁extens ively , ▁seeing ▁Ist an bul ▁( 1 6 6 4 ), ▁Leb anon ▁( 1 6 8 8 ), ▁Jerusalem ▁( 1 6 8 9 ), ▁Palest ine ▁( 1 6 8 9 ), ▁Egypt ▁( 1 6 9