Tradition Institution Islam
Sufism
صوفية ar تصوف fa
Body of mystical practice within Islam
Branches
Recorded as a branch of
Sufism Body of mystical practice within Islam
Traditions within it
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monotheism in Islam
Islam's central monotheistic concept of a single, indivisible God -
Naqshbandi
Major spiritual order of Sunni Islam Sufism -
Rahmaniyya
Algerian Sufi order founded by Kabyle religious scholar Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Azhari Bu Qabrayn in the 1770s -
Tijaniyyah
Sufi tariqa within sufism -
Al-Ahbash
Sunnite religious movement -
Roshaniyya
Sufi movement founded in 16th-century Afghanistan -
Tajalli
Islamic and Sufi concept -
Uwaisi
Islamic Sufi order
Overview
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Founders
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Hafezc. 1325 CE – 1389 CE · Persian poet and mystic (1325–1389) -
Al-Ghazali1058 CE – 19 December 1111 CE · Persian Sunni Muslim scholar and mystic (c.1058–1111) -
Mansur Al-Hallajc. 858 CE – 26 March 922 CE · Persian mystic, poet and Sufi teacher (c.858–922) -
Said Nursî1877 CE – 23 March 1960 CE · Turkish Sunni Muslim theologian of Kurdish origin (1876-1960) -
Inayat Khan5 July 1882 CE – 5 February 1927 CE · founder of the Sufi Order in the West in 1914 and teacher of Universal Sufism -
Mu'in al-Din Chishti1 February 1143 CE – 15 March 1236 CE · Persian Sufi Chishtiyya order mystic (1143–1236) -
Ahmad Sirhindi26 June 1564 CE – 1624 CE · Philosopher (1564-1624) -
Sidi Boushaki1394 CE – 1453 CE · Algerian theologian, exeget, linguist and sufi -
Safi-ad-din Ardabili1252 CE – 12 September 1334 CE · poet, mystic, teacher and Sufi master -
Abul Hasan ash-Shadhilic. 1197 CE – December 1258 CE · Founder of the Shadhili order -
Ahmad al-Badawi1199 CE – 1276 CE · 13th-century Moroccan founder of Badawiyyah Sufi order -
Muhammad Ilyas Kandhlawi1885 CE – 13 July 1944 CE · Indian Islamic scholar (1885–1944)
Not its own picture Sidi Boushaki — lead image of the Spanish Wikipedia article
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- Figure Abd al-Karīm ibn Hawāzin Qushayri Theologian
- Figure Abu Hafs Umar al-Suhrawardi Persian Muslim scholar (c. 1145 – 1234)
- Figure Sahl al-Tustari Arabian Sufi, Islamic theologian
- Figure Abu Bakr al-Kalabadhi Sufi Maturidi scholar and Hanafi jurist
- Figure Ahmed ar-Rifa'i 6th-century founder of Rifa'i Sufi Order
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Figure Ahmad al-Alawi Founder of a popular modern Sufi order -
Figure Yusuf Hamdani Central Asian Sufi teacher (1048/49–1140) -
Figure Sheikh Ghalib Turkish poet
- Figure Muḥammad Ibn-al-Ḥusain as-Sulamī Khorasani Islamic scholar and sufi
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Figure ʿUbaidallāh Ibn-Maḥmūd Aḥrār Sufi master and Islamic scholar (1404–1490) - Figure Abdullah al-Harari Harari Islamic scholar
Places and sites
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Sheikh Safi al-Din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble
Mausoleum in Ardabil, Iranian national heritage site -
Jama Masjid, Fatehpur Sikri
16th-century mosque in Uttar Pradesh, India -
Durbalı Sultan Tekke
Albanian Bektashi monastery of Farsala, Greece -
Amin al-Din Jebrail Mausoleum
Mausoleum in Ardabil, Iranian national heritage site -
Haydar Amuli Mausoleum
Mausoleum tower in Amol, Iranian national heritage site -
Ya'qub ibn al-Layth Mausoleum
Mausoleum in Jondishapur, Iranian national heritage site -
Shebeli Tower
Mausoleum tower in Damavand, Iranian national heritage site -
Awhadi Maraghai Mausoleum
Mausoleum tower in Maragheh, Iranian national heritage site
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Festivals, holy days and practices
Holy days and festivals · 1, each with the day its record gives
Rites and practices · 1, with no day on record
Offices
Connections
Affiliation 2
Identification 1
Documented influence 1
Place 3
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