List of Sufis
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Sufism (Arabic: تصوّف - taṣawwuf, Persian: صوفیگری sufigari, Turkmen: tasavvuf, Urdu: تصوف) is generally understood to be the inner, mystical dimension of Islam.[1][2][3] A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a ṣūfī (صُوفِيّ), though some adherents of the tradition reserve this term only for those practitioners who have attained the goals of the Sufi tradition. Another name used for a Sufi seeker is dervish.
All Sufi orders trace their spiritual chains to Ali ibn Abi Talib with the exceptions of the Naqshbandi Sufi order which traces its chain to Abu Bakr (the first caliph and father-in-law of the Prophet of Islam) and of the Judeo-Sufi order of Hawariyun.
[edit] Notable Sufis
- Maruf Karkhi
- Abdul-Qadir Gilani (Jillani), founder of the Qadiriyya Sufi order
- Ibn Arabi
- Abul-Qasim Junaid Baghdadi, laid the groundwork for 'sober' Sufi mysticism
- Rabia Basri
- Mansur Al-Hallaj
- Ibn al-Farid
- Bu Ali Shah Qalandar
- Daata Ganj Bukhsh Ali Hujwiri
- Moinuddin Chishti, founder of the Chishti Sufi order
- Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari
- Jahaniyan Jahangasht from the Suhrawardiyya Sufi order
- Lal Shahbaz Qalandar
- Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki
- Fariduddin Ganjshakar, from the Chishti Sufi order
- Khaja Mahbooballah,from the Qadiriyya Sufi order
- Sultan Bahoo (Sultan al-Arfeen, Burhan al-Wasleen) Founder of Sarwari Qadiri order
- Ahmad Sirhindi, founder of the Mujaddidi line of the Naqshbandi Sufi order
- Muhammad Abdul Qadeer Siddiqi Qadri, author of the Tafseer-e-Siddiqui
- Abu al-Najib Suhrawardi, founder of Suharwardi Sufi order
- Najmuddin Kubra, founder of Kubrawiya Sufi order
- Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani, from the Kubrawiya Sufi order
- Attar of Nishapur
- Jalaaluddin Muhammad Rumi
- Abu-Ishaaq Shaami
- Yusuf Hamdani
- Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman Jami
- Muhammad Muslehuddin Siddiqui, the spiritual guide of Turab-ul-Haq Qadri, from the Barelvi Sufi order
- Allah Bakhsh, Naqshbandi, also known as Sohna Saeen
- Sahl al-Tustari
- Maudood Chishti, from the Chisti Sufi order in Afghanistan
- Wali Kirani, Quetta, Pakistan
- Baha-ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari
- Muhammad Tahir ul-Qadri, from the Qadiriyya Sufi order
[edit] References
- ^ Dr. Alan Godlas, University of Georgia, Sufism's Many Paths, 2000, University of Georgia
- ^ Nuh Ha Mim Keller, "How would you respond to the claim that Sufism is Bid'a?", 1995. Fatwa accessible
- ^ Dr. Zubair Fattani, "The meaning of Tasawwuf", Islamic Academy.
