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Sufi saints or wali (Arabic: ولي, plural ʾawliyāʾ أولياء) played an instrumental role in spreading Islam throughout the world. [1] In the traditional Islamic view, a saint is portrayed as someone "marked by [special] divine favor ...
Junayd taught in Baghdad throughout his lifetime and was an important figure in the development of Sufi doctrine. Like Hasan of Basra before him, was widely revered by his students and disciples as well as quoted by other mystics. Because of his importance in Sufi theology, Junayd was often referred to as the "Sultan". [6]
Muhammad Ghawth (Ghouse, [1] Ghaus or Gwath [2] [3]) Gwaliyari (1500–1562) was a 16th-century Sufi master of the Shattari order and Sufi saint, a musician, [4] and the author of Jawahir-i Khams (Arabic: al-Jawahir al-Khams, The Five Jewels). The book mentioning the life and miracles of Gaus named " Heaven's witness" was written by Kugle.
Sayyid Badiuddin [192] was a Sufi saint who founded the Madariyya Silsila and order. [193] He was also known by the title Qutb-ul-Madar. [194] He hailed originally from Syria, and was born in Aleppo [192] to a Syed Hussaini family. [195] His teacher was Bayazid Tayfur al-Bistami. [196]
Ibrahim's family was either from Persian nobles of the region or from Arab origins from Kufa in what is now Iraq.He was born in Balkh, now in Afghanistan.Most prominent sources and writers traced his lineage back to Abdallah al-Aftah, the son of Ja'far al-Sadiq, himself the son of Muhammad al-Baqir, and the great-great-grandson of Husayn ibn Ali.
The Shadhdhuli School for tranquility of being and illumination of hearts Green Mountain branch, located in Charlottesville, Virginia; A biography of Muhammad ibn al Habib of the Darqawi branch; Tariqa Burhaniya as Shadhiliya Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine; The Founders of the Shadhili Order; Nasheed group based in Avignon, France.
Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili (Arabic: أبو الحسن الشاذلي) (full name: Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Jabbār al-Ḥasanī wal-Ḥusaynī al-Shādhilī) also known as Sheikh al-Shadhili (593–656 AH) (1196–1258 AD) was an influential Moroccan Islamic scholar and Sufi, founder of the Shadhili Sufi order.
At least as of 2010, the number of attacks has increased each year. Pro-Sufi Barelvi dominate Pakistan's religious landscape, and as a result, they are victims of the anti-Sufi campaigns which are being waged against them by the Deobandi, according to John Schmidt, lawyer and former United States Associate Attorney General (1994-1997).