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This article is about a list of important Sufi saints koruth. For a discussion of sainthood in Islam, see
Wali .
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] In the traditional Islamic view, a saint is portrayed as someone "marked by [special] divine favor ... [and] holiness", and who is specifically "chosen by God and endowed with exceptional gifts, such as the ability to work
miracles ."
[2]
List
Mosque and shrine of Sayyid Baha ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. After whom the Naqshbandi Golden Chain is named after.
Quranic calligraphy inscribed on the walls of the famous 12th century Islamic saint, scholar, jurist and theologian Jalal ad-Din Rumi in Konya, Turkey.
Mosque and shrine of Imam Al-Mursi Abu'l-'Abbas, in ميدان المساجد، الجمرك، Qesm Al Gomrok, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt.
Shrine of Pir Hadi Hassan Bux Shah Jilani in Sindh, Pakistan
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Abul Hasan ash-Shadhili
Sheikh Ali Hisam-ad-Din Naqshbandi
Ameer Muhammad Akram Awan (1934–2017, 12th Sheikh of Silsila Naqshbandia Owaisiah and writer of several books and 03 Tafaseer of the Holy Qur'an)
Abdallah ibn Alawi al-Haddad (1634–1720, buried in
Hadhramaut , author on several books on
Dhikr )
Abdullah Ansari
Abdullah Shah Ghazi (d. 720, buried in
Karachi )
Abdul Khaliq Ghajadwani (d. 1179, buried in
Bukhara , one of the
Khwajagan of the
Naqshbandi order)
Abdul Qadir Gilani (1077–1166, buried in
Baghdad , founder of the
Qadiriyya Sufi order)
[3]
[4]
Abdul Razzaq Gilani (1134–1207, buried in
Baghdad , son of Abdul Qadir Gilani, promoted the Qadiriyya order)
Abu Ishaq Shami (d. 940, buried on
Mount Qasioun , founder of the
Chishti Order )
Abū-Sa'īd Abul-Khayr (967–1049, buried in
Miana, Turkmenistan , poet who innovated the use of love poetry to express mystic concepts)
Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi (1219–1287, buried in
Anfoushi , one of the four master saints of Egypt)
Abul Hasan Hankari (1018–1093, buried in Baghdad, noted scholar and miracle worker)
Adam Khaki (14th century, buried in
Badarpur, Assam , took part in the
Conquest of Sylhet and preached at Badarpur)
Afaq Khoja (1626–1694, buried in
Xinjiang , opposed the
Chagatai Khanate 's attempt to enforce
Yassa law on Muslims)
Ahamed Muhyudheen Noorishah Jeelani (1915–1990, buried in
Hyderabad ,
India , founder of the Nooriya sufi order)
Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (1856–1921, buried in the
Bareilly Sharif Dargah , reformer in British India)
Ahmad Ghazali (1061 to 1123 or 1126, buried in
Qazvin , younger brother of the more famous Al-Ghazali, reasoned that as God is absolute beauty, to adore any object of beauty is to participate in a divine act of love)
Ahmad al-Tijani (1737–1815, buried in
Fez, Morocco ), founder of the
Tijaniyyah order)
Ahmadou Bamba (1853–1927, buried next to the
Great Mosque of Touba , lead a pacifist struggle against the
French colonial empire )
Ahmad Yasawi (1093–1166, buried in the
Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi , poet, founder of Turkish Sufism)
Akshamsaddin (1389–1459, buried in
Göynük , tutor and advisor to
Mehmed the Conqueror )
Akhundzada Saif-ur-Rahman Mubarak (1925–2010, buried in
Lahore , founder of the
Saifia Sufi order)
Al-Busiri (1211–1294, buried in
Alexandria , poet, author of the
Qasida Burda )
Wasif Ali Wasif (1929-1993, buried in
Lahore , was a teacher, writer, poet, and Sufi saint from Pakistan)
Habib al-Ajami (d. 738, buried in
Basra )
Abu Bakr al-Aydarus (1447–1508, buried in
Aden , the patron saint of Aden, credited with introducing
Qadiri Sufism to Ethiopia and coffee to the Arab world)
Ahmad al-Badawi (1200–1276, buried in
Ahmad Al-Badawi Mosque , most popular saint in Egypt)
Khwaja Ahrar (1404–1490 AD), played a significant role in establishing the
Naqshbandi Order
Al-Ghazali (1058–1111, buried in
Tus, Iran , considered a
Mujaddid , author of
The Revival of the Religious Sciences and
The Incoherence of the Philosophers , influenced early modern European criticism of
Aristotelian physics )
Al-Hallaj (858–922, ashes scattered in the
Tigris , imprisoned and executed after requesting "O Muslims, save me from God" and declaring "I am the Truth")
Ali Hujwiri (1009–1072/77, buried in
Lahore ,
Pakistan , author of
Kashf ul Mahjoob , spread Sufism throughout the
Indian Subcontinent )
[5]
Ali Sher Bengali (d. 1570s), buried in
Gujarat , author of Sharh Nuzhatul Arwah
Ali-Shir Nava'i (1441–1501, buried in
Herat , author of
Muhakamat al-Lughatayn and founder of Turkic literature)
Abu al-Hassan al-Kharaqani (963–1033, illiterate mystic who influenced
Avicenna ,
Rumi , and
Jami )
Al-Qushayri (986–1072, buried in Nishapur, author who distinguished four layers of Quranic interpretation and defended the historical lineage of Sufism)
Alauddin Sabir Kaliyari (1196–1291, buried near
Haridwar , founder of the Sabiriya branch of the Chishti order)
[6]
Amir Khusrau (1253–1325, buried in the
Nizamuddin Dargah , influential musician, considered the "father of
Urdu literature ")
[7]
Amir Kulal (1278–1370, buried near
Bukhara , taught
Timur and
Baha' al-Din Naqshband )
Attar of Nishapur (1145–1221, buried in the
Mausoleum of Attar of Nishapur , author of
The Conference of the Birds and the hagiographic
Tazkirat al-Awliya )
Aurangzeb (1618-1707), buried in
Khuldabad , also known as Jinda Pir. Author of Fatwa e Alamgir.
Azan Faqir (17th century, buried in
Sivasagar near the
Brahmaputra River , reformer who stabilized Islam in the
Assam region)
[8]
Abd al-Karīm al-Jīlī (1365-1424, expounded on the works of
Ibn Arabi )
Abu Al Fazal Abdul Wahid Yemeni Tamimi
Abdul Aziz bin Hars bin Asad Yemeni Tamimi
Abu al-Najib Suhrawardi
Abu Bakr Shibli
Ahmad Zarruq
Arabati Baba Teḱe
Ata Hussain Fani Chishti (1816-1893, buried in
Gaya (India) ) was a
Sufi saint of the
Chishti Order in South Asia.
B
Baba Fakruddin (1169–1295, buried in
Penukonda )
[9]
Baba Kuhi of Shiraz (948-1037)
Baba Shadi Shaheed (17th century, first Chib
Rajput to convert to Islam, married a daughter of
Babur )
Sheikh Bedreddin (1359–1420, buried in
Istanbul in 1961, revolted against
Mehmed I )
Baha' al-Din Naqshband (1318–1389, buried in
Bukhara , founder of the
Naqshbandi order)
Balım Sultan (d. 1517/1519, buried in
Nevşehir Province , co-founder of the
Bektashi Order )
Bahauddin Zakariya (1170–1267, buried in the
Shrine of Bahauddin Zakariya , spread the
Suhrawardiyya order through South Asia)
[10]
Bande Nawaz (1321–1422, buried in
Gulbarga , spread the Chishti Order to southern India)
[11]
Khwaja Baqi Billah (1564–1605, buried in
Delhi , spread the
Naqshbandi order into India)
[12]
Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (d. 1986, founder of the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship in
Philadelphia )
Bayazid Bastami (874/5-848/9, buried in
Shrine of Bayazid Bostami , noted for his ideas on
spiritual intoxication )
Bibi Jamal Khatun (d. 1639 or 1647, lived in
Sehwan Sharif , sister of
Mian Mir )
[13]
Bodla Bahar (1238-1298, buried in
Sehwan Sharif , features in the miracle stories of
Lal Shahbaz Qalandar )
Bu Ali Shah Qalandar (1209–1324, buried in
Panipat )
[14]
Bulleh Shah (1680–1757, buried in
Kasur , regarded as "the father of Punjabi enlightenment")
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Hafez (1315-1390, buried in
Tomb of Hafez , highly popular
antinomian Persian poet whose works are regularly quoted and even used for divination)
Haji Huud (1025–1141, buried in
Patan, Gujarat , helped spread Islam in India)
[18]
Haji Bayram Veli (1352–1430, buried in
Ankara , founder of the
Bayramiye order)
Haji Bektash Veli (1209–1271, buried in the
Haji Bektash Veli Complex , revered by both
Alevis and
Bektashis )
Hasan al-Basri (642-728, buried in
Az Zubayr , highly important figure in the development of Sunni Sufism)
Hazrat Babajan (d. 1931, buried in
Pune , master to
Meher Baba )
Hayreddin Tokadi
Yusuf Hamdani (1062-1141, buried in
Merv )
Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani (1314–1384, buried in
Khatlon Region , spread the
Kubrawiya order throughout Asia)
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