Muhammad Wafa (d. 765/1363) was a Sufi born in Alexandria who founded the Wafā'iyya branch of the Shādhiliyya order. After a period in Akhmim in Upper Egypt he settled in Cairo, guiding disciples from the Rawda (Manyal) district on the Nile. Together with his son Ali he developed a cyclical theory of history and a doctrine of the seal of sainthood (khatm al-awliyā') that brought the Akbarian tradition of Ibn 'Arabī into the Shādhilī framework, marking the order's chief departure from mainstream Shādhiliyya. He was buried in the shrine-mosque of the Sādāt al-Wafā'iyya at the foot of the Muqattam near the mausoleum of Imam al-Shāfi'ī, which became the burial complex of the Wafā family and the center of the order. Sources: TDV İslam Ansiklopedisi ("Ali Vefâ eş-Şâzelî", "Vefâiyye"), Richard McGregor, Sanctity and Mysticism in Medieval Egypt (SUNY Press, 2004).