Ahmad al-Rifaʽi
Ahmad ibn Ali al-Rifa'i (Arabic: أَحْمَد ابْن عَلِي ٱلرِّفَاعِي, romanized: Aḥmad ibn ʽAlī al-Rifāʽī) was a Sunni Muslim preacher, ascetic, mystic, jurist, and theologian, known for being the eponymous founder of the Rifaʽi tariqa (Sufi order) of Islam. The Rifaʽi order had its greatest following until it was overtaken by the Qadiri order. The Rifaʽi order is most commonly found in the Arab Middle East but also in Turkey, the Balkans and South Asia.
Shaykh Ahmad al-Rifāʽī | |
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| Title | Qutb al-Ghawth, Sajid al-Alam, Qutb al-Sham, Sultan al-Awliya |
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| Born | 512 AH, (1119 CE) Umm Obayd, Wasit, Iraq, Abbasid Caliphate |
| Died | 578 AH, (1183 CE) Umm Obayd, Wasit, Iraq, Abbasid Caliphate |
| Resting place | Umm Obayd, Wasit, Iraq, Abbasid Caliphate |
| Religion | Islam |
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| Era | Islamic Golden Age, (Later Abbasid Era) |
| Region | Lower Iraq Marshlands |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| School | Shafi'i |
| Creed | Ash'ari |
| Main interest(s) | Sufism |
| Notable work(s) | Al-Burhan Al-Mu’ayyad, (The Advocated Proof) |
| Tariqa | Rifaʽi (founder) |
| Occupation | Imam |
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| Personal (Ism) | Ahmad al-Kabīr al-Rifāʽī |
| Patronymic (Nasab) | Ibn Ali ibn Yahya ibn Thabit ibn Ali ibn Ahmad al-Murtada ibn Ali ibn Hasan al-Asghar ibn Mahdi ibn Muhammad ibn Hasan al-Qasim ibn Husayn ibn Ahmad al-Salih al-Akbar ibn Musa al-Thani ibn Ibrahim al-Murtada ibn Musa al-Kazim ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq ibn Muhammad al-Baqir ibn Ali Zayn al-Abidin ibn Husayn ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib |
| Teknonymic (Kunya) | Abu al-Abbas, Abul-Alamin, Abul-Arja'a |
| Epithet (Laqab) | Muhyi al-Din, Sehadetname |
| Toponymic (Nisba) | al-Rifāʽī |
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His tomb and shrine is located at a mosque bearing his namesake in Al-Rifai, a town at southern Iraq near Baghdad.
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