Biography of muslim saints and mystics
List of Sufi saints
This article is about a list of important Sufi saints koruth. For a discussion of sainthood in Islam, see Wali.
This article is about List of saints. For other uses, see List of saints (disambiguation).
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]
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- Abul Hasan ash-Shadhili
- 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. 7