Ibn Khafif
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Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad ibn al-Khafif (882-982) known as al-Shaykh al-Kabir or Shaykh al-Shirazi was a Persian[5] mystic and sufi from Iran. He is credited with bringing Sufism (tasawwuf) to Shiraz.[6][7]
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Born | 882, Shiraz |
Died | AH 371 (981/982),[1] Shiraz |
Religion | Islam |
Era | Medieval era |
Region | Damascus |
Denomination | Sunni |
Jurisprudence | Shafi'i[2][3] |
Creed | Ash'ari[4] |
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He was a Baghdad-educated Shafi'ite legal scholar who had also studied under al-Ash'ari, the theologian in Basrah. In Baghdad he knew Ruwaym, Hallaj, and Shibli. After spending much of his life away from his hometown of Shiraz, he returned there to die.[8]