Biography of Abu Zayd al-Ghafiqi
Abū Zayd al-Ghāfiqī: Egyptian. He transmitted: 'The best siwāk is arāk; if not, then ʿanam or buṭm.' Abū Wahb said: al-ʿanam means olive.
أبو زيد الغافقي
Updated on 19 April 2026 at 10:59 PM
📖 1 min readAbū Zayd al-Ghāfiqī: Egyptian. He transmitted: 'The best siwāk is arāk; if not, then ʿanam or buṭm.' Abū Wahb said: al-ʿanam means olive.
The name Abu Zayd al-Ghafiqi is also written in the following spellings: