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The mausoleum of Ahmad Yasawi who was also considered a Sufi saint and poet in Turkistan, current day Kazakhstan. Sufi saints or wali (Arabic: ولي, plural ʾawliyāʾ أولياء) played an instrumental role in spreading Islam throughout the world. [1]
Additionally, the prophets and messengers in Islam are also believed to be saints by definition, although they are rarely referred to as such, in order to prevent confusion between them and ordinary saints; as the prophets are exalted by Muslims as the greatest of all humanity, it is a general tenet of Sunni belief that a single prophet is ...
Since the first Muslim hagiographies were written during the period when Sufism began its rapid expansion, many of the figures who later came to be regarded as the major saints in Sunni Islam were the early Sufi mystics, like Hasan of Basra (d. 728), Farqad Sabakhi (d. 729), Dawud Tai (d. 777-81) Rabi'a al-'Adawiyya (d. 801), Maruf Karkhi (d ...
Islam portal; Biography portal; Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. F. Fatima (1 C, 21 P, 1 F) Pages in category "Muslim female saints"
Abadir Umar ar-Rida; Abd al-Rauf al-Sinkili; Abu Bakr al-Kalabadhi; Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani; Alauddin Sabir Kaliyari; Al-Fudayl ibn 'Iyad; Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi
Pages in category "Muslim saints" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. * Wali; A. Ashyk Aydyn Pir; S.
Abdāl (Arabic: أبدال) lit: substitutes, but which can also mean "generous" [karīm] and "noble" [sharīf]) is a term used in Islamic metaphysics and Islamic mysticism, both Sunni and Shiite, [1] to refer to a particularly important group of God's saints. [1]
Junayd of Baghdad (Persian: جُنیدِ بَغدادی; Arabic: الجنيد البغدادي) was a mystic and one of the most famous of the early Islamic saints. He is a central figure in the spiritual lineage of many Sufi orders. Junayd taught in Baghdad throughout his lifetime and was an important figure in the development of Sufi doctrine.