Ahmad al-Rifaʽi

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Shaykh

Ahmad al-Rifāʽī

Title

Qutb al-Ghawth, Sajid al-

Alam, Qutb al-Sham, Sultan

al-Awliya

Personal life

Born

512

, (1119

)

Umm Obayd,

Died

578

, (1183

)

Umm Obayd,

Resting

place

Umm Obayd,

Parents

Ali Abul-Hasan (father)

Fatima al-Ansar (mother)

Era

, (Later

Abbasid Era)

Region

Lower Iraq Marshlands

Main

interest(s)

Notable

work(s)

Al-Burhan Al-Mu’ayyad,

(The Advocated Proof)

Occupation

Relatives

Religious life

Religion

Denomination

School

(founder)

Creed

Muslim leader

Influenced by

Ahmad al-Kabīr al-Rifāʽī

Ibn Ali ibn Yahya ibn

Thabit ibn Ali ibn Ahmad

al-Murtada ibn Ali ibn

Hasan al-Asghar ibn Mahdi

ibn Muhammad ibn Hasan al-

Qasim ibn Husayn al-Rida

ibn Ahmad al-Salih al-Akbar

ibn Musa al-Thani ibn

ibn

Abu al-Abbas, Abul-Alamin,

Abul-Arja'a

Muhyi al-Din, Sehadetname

al-Rifāʽī

The Mosque and tomb of Ahmad al-

Rifāʽī, 52 km (32 miles) east of

the

Part of

Ideas

Practices

List of sufis

Topics in Sufism

Part of

Others

and

(

)

(

)

In terms of

(Ahl

)

Lists

Aḥmad ibn ʽAlī al-Rifāʽī

(

أَحْمَد ابْن عَلِي ٱلرِّفَاعِي

) was

preacher,

, and

, known for

being the

founder of the

(

order) of

The

order had its greatest following until it was overtaken by the

order. The

order is most commonly found in the

, the

and

His tomb and shrine is located at a mosque bearing his namesake in

, a

town at southern

near

Biography

[

]

Shaykh Ahmad al-Rifāʽī was born in the Hasen Region of

, during the

first half of Rajab of the lunar months. When he was seven years old, his

father Sayyid Sultan Ali al-Batahi died in

. After that, his uncle

Shaykh Mansur al-Rabbani al-Batahi took him under his protection and educated

him.

Shaykh Ahmad al-Rifāʽī was a Husayni

and his lineage is recorded as

follows: He is Ahmad bin Ali, bin Yahya, bin Thabit, bin Ali, bin Ahmad al-

Murtada, bin Ali, bin Hasan al-Asghar, bin Mahdi, bin Muhammad, bin Hasan al-

Qasim, bin Husayn, bin Ahmad al-Salih al-Akbar, bin Musa al-Thani, bin

, bin

and

the daughter of

He learned the

from Shaykh Abd al-Sami al-Hurbuni in Hasen, his

birthplace. He committed to memorising the whole of the Quran at the age of

seven. During the same year, after the death of his father, his uncle Mansur

al-Batahi transferred him and his family to

region. There, his uncle

sent him to Abu al-Fadl Ali al-Wasiti who was an expert in the canon law of

Islam, a commentator on the Quran and a preacher.

While attending

meetings of his uncle Shaykh Mansur al-Rabbani, he also

attended the courses of his other uncle Shaykh Abu Bakr who was a major

scientific figure at the time. He memorised the book “Tanbih” concerning

(Muslim canonical jurisprudence) of Imam

which belongs to

Shaykh al-Islam Imam Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Ali al-Shirazi. He also wrote an

explanation about such a book (however this explanation was lost during the

invasions).