Who rests here
Saints · died 578 AH · Ümmü Abîde (Meysan)
Founder of the Rifa'iyya Sufi order and a major mystic (1118–1182). Born in the village of Umm Ubayda near Wasit in southern Iraq, he descended from a sayyid family tracing lineage to Husayn ibn Ali (TDV Encyclopedia of Islam, "Ahmed er-Rifâî").
Full biography of Ahmad al-Rifa'i →(the text above is quoted from the person's record)
How to get there
Located in: Ümmü Abîde (Meysan)
Coordinates: 31.69390, 46.67460
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Sources
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- TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (DİA)
Permanent ID: EA-Y-000559 · this address reaches the same record even if its name changes; use it when citing.