Abu'l-Huda as-Sayyadi

Abu al-Huda al-Sayyadi , full name Muhammad bin Hassan Wadi bin Ali bin Khuzam al-Sayyadi, was a Syrian Islamic scholar and poet, who held the title Shaykh al-Mashayikh, or head of the Sufi Shayks, of the Ottoman Empire during the reign of Abdülhamid II. His lineage allegedly goes back to Ahmad al-Rifa'i and Muhammad, making him a Sharif. He was made Naqib al-Ashraf, or head of the Sharifs, of Jisr al-Shughur by Abdülaziz in 1871, and of Aleppo in 1873.

Sayyadi met with prominent reformists like Jamal al-Din al-Afghani. In 1895, he established a library next to the Eyüp Sultan Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. He is buried next to his father in Aleppo. Sayyadi was also very anti-Salafi in his views.

Works Khizanat al-Amdad fi Akhbar al-Ghawth al-Kabir al-Sajad Mawlana al-Sayyid 'Izz al-Din 'Ahmad al-Sayaad Buni al-Islam 'iya la Khamsat Ma'badi