He was the rising sun of gnosis and the source of the moons of certainty, illuminating the hidden mysteries. Name and Lineage: Full Name: Dawud ibn Nasir Title: al-Tai Kunya: Abu Sulayman Madhhab: Hanafi Path: The Alia Path Contemporaries: He accompanied Abu Hanifa al-Nu‘man. Residence: Kufa Life: He was a divinely inspired scholar and one of the eminent masters of
Titles and Honors: The sanctuary of gnosis, the source of the path and certainty, the sheikh of the scholars and the Sufis, and the possessor of the highest perfections veiled within the secrets of divine mysteries. Name and Lineage: Title: al-Karkhi, referring to al-Karkh in Baghdad Full Name: Ma‘ruf ibn al-Fayruzān Kunya: Abu Mahfuz Birthplace: Baghdad Early Life: His brother
Titles and Honors: He was the manifestation of the bounties of the Generous Giver, steadfast in spiritual striving, and lofty in witnessing. Name and Lineage: Full Name: Sari ibn al-Mughallis Title: al-Saqati Kunya: Abu al-Hasan Birthplace: Baghdad Residence: Baghdad Path: The Alia Path Contemporaries: He accompanied Sheikh Ma‘ruf al-Karkhi, who was the teacher of Junayd and his maternal uncle. Early
Titles and Honors: Pole of the Age in the Worlds Manifestation of the Secrets of the Merciful Gracious Openings Leader of the Imams of the Time Master of the Two Groups Tongue of the People and the Gnostics Reference of Scholars and the Pious Sultan of Ascetics and Those of Certainty Name and Lineage: Full Name: Junayd ibn Muhammad ibn
Name: The great sheikh the eminent gnostic the possessor of exalted merit His name was Abu Bakr Dulaf ibn Hujdar and it is also said Ja‘far al Shibli Birth: He was born around the year 247 AH (c. 861 CE) He was originally from Khurasan but was born and raised in Baghdad though some say his birthplace was Samarra. He
Name: Abd al-Wahid ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Yamani Title: al-Tamimi Kunya: Abu al-Fadl Sufi Order: The Aliyya Path, which he received from Sheikh Abu Bakr al-Shibli Residence and Travels: Initially residing in Baghdad, Sheikh Abd al-Wahid later traveled to the region of Khurasan. Scholarly and Spiritual Life: He was known for dictating hadith in the al-Mansur Mosque in Baghdad. There, he
Name: Muhammad Yusuf ibn Abd Allah; some sources mention his name as ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd Allah. Title: al-Tarsusi, a nisbah denoting his association with Tarsus, Turkey, which was his place of migration and residence. Kunya: Abu al-Faraj Birthplace: Tarsus, historically part of the Syrian region, currently located in modern-day Turkey. Sufi Order: The ‘Aliyya Path, which he received from
Name: Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Yusuf ibn Ja‘far ibn ‘Arfa al-Qurashi; some sources report his lineage as Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Yusuf ibn Abd Allah. Title: al-Hakkari, Shaykh al-Islam Kunya: Abu al-Hasan Birth: Born in 409 AH in Hakkar, a village east of Mosul Sufi Order: The ‘Aliyya Path, received from Sheikh Abu al-Faraj al-Tarsusi Life: He engaged in devout
Name: al-Mubarak ibn Ali ibn al-Husayn Title: al-Makhzumi — a nisbah referring to the tribe of Banu Makhzum and the neighborhood of al-Mukharrami, an old quarter of Baghdad. Kunya: Abu Sa‘id Birth: Born in Baghdad in 446 AH Madhhab: Hanbali school of jurisprudence Sufi Order: The ‘Aliyya Path (al-Tariqa al-‘Aliyya)
Date of Birth Born on 11 Rabi Al Akhir 470 AH in the village of Niyf in Gilan Lineage He was Abdul Qadir son of Abu Salih Musa Janki Dost son of Imam Abdullah son of Imam Yahya Al Zahid son of Imam Muhammad son of Imam Dawud son of Imam Musa son of Imam Abdullah son of Imam Musa
