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Abdul Wahid
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DiedAH 177/711 CE
Basra, Iraq
Resting placeIraq
ReligionIslam
FlourishedIslamic golden age
DenominationSunni
SchoolHanafi
Muslim leader
PredecessorHasan al-Basri
SuccessorAl-Fuḍayl ibn ‘Iyāḍ
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'Abd al-Wahid ibn Zaid (Urdu عبد الواحد بن زید ) has been quoted in Fazail-e-Sadaqat [1] as great early sufi shiekh . He is also reported to have received education from Imam Abu Hanifah, before being initiated full-time as a Sufi by Khwaja Hasan al-Basri.[2]

His year of death is said to be on 177,Hijri, equating probably to 711 AD. The month is said to be 27th of Safar. His shrine is in Basrah, Iraq.

See also

References

  1. ^ a book by Mawlana Zakaria, reprint Delhi, 1976, p 149
  2. ^ Taj ul Auliya i Chisht, by Dr Ghulam Muhammad Chishti-Fareedi, pub Lahore, 1952, pp 208-209

Further reading

  • Yadav, Rama Sankar; B.N. Mandal (2007). Global encyclopaedia of education (1st ed.). New Delhi, India: Global Vision Pub. House. p. 14. ISBN 978-8182202276.
  • Rafiabadi, Hamid Nassem (2005). Saints and Saviours of Islam (1st ed.). New Delhi: Sarup & Sons. p. 70. ISBN 8176255556.
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