Ibn Khafif

Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad ibn al-Khafif (882-982) known as al-Shaykh al-Kabir or Shaykh al-Shirazi was a Persian mystic and sufi from Iran. He is credited with bringing Sufism (tasawwuf) to Shiraz.

Ibn Khafif
The tomb of Ibn Khafif is in the old traditional quarters of Shiraz.
Personal
Born882, Shiraz
DiedAH 371 (981/982), Shiraz
ReligionIslam
EraMedieval era
RegionDamascus
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceShafi'i
CreedAsh'ari

He was a Baghdad-educated Shafi'ite legal scholar who had also studied under al-Ash'ari, the theologian in Basrah. In Baghdad he knew Ruwaym, Hallaj, and Shibli. After spending much of his life away from his hometown of Shiraz, he returned there to die.

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