Ibn Khafif

**Ibn Khafif**
Ibn Khafif
	The tomb of Ibn Khafif is in the old traditional quarters of Shiraz.
Personal
Born	882, Shiraz
Died	AH 371 (981/982), Shiraz
Religion	Islam
Era	Medieval era
Region	Damascus
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Shafi'i
Creed	Ash'ari

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]

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]

^ Lewis, B.; Menage, V.L.; Pellat, Ch.; Schacht, J. (1986) [1st. pub. 1971]. Encyclopaedia of Islam. Vol. III (H-Iram) (New ed.). Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. p. 823. ISBN 9004081186.
^ Ibn Abbad al-Rundi (1986). Ibn 'Abbad of Ronda: Letters on the Sufi Path. Translated by John Renard. Paulist Press. p. 216. ISBN 9780809127306.
^ Ibn Khafif (1999). Correct Islamic Doctrine/Islamic Doctrine. Translated by Gibril Fouad Haddad. Islamic Supreme Council of America. p. 3. ISBN 9781930409019.
^ Lewis, B.; Menage, V.L.; Pellat, Ch.; Schacht, J. (1986) [1st. pub. 1971]. Encyclopaedia of Islam. Vol. III (H-Iram) (New ed.). Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. p. 823. ISBN 9004081186.
^ Irwin, Robert, ed. (2010). The new Cambridge history of Islam. Vol. 4 (1. publ. ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-521-83824-5.
^ Limbert, John W., Shiraz in the Age of Hafez: The Glory of a Medieval Persian City. University of Washington Press. 2004. ISBN 0-295-98391-4. p.112.
^ http://www.sunnah.org/aqida/asha'ira2.htm#Ibn%20Khafif Archived 2020-02-10 at the Wayback Machine The Great Asha'ri Scholars
^ Ibn Abbad al-Rundi (1986). Ibn 'Abbad of Ronda: Letters on the Sufi Path. Translated by John Renard. Paulist Press. p. 216. ISBN 9780809127306.

[1] Lewis, B.; Menage, V.L.; Pellat, Ch.; Schacht, J. (1986) [1st. pub. 1971]. Encyclopaedia of Islam. Vol. III (H-Iram) (New ed.). Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. p. 823. ISBN 9004081186.

[2] Ibn Abbad al-Rundi (1986). Ibn 'Abbad of Ronda: Letters on the Sufi Path. Translated by John Renard. Paulist Press. p. 216. ISBN 9780809127306.

[3] Ibn Khafif (1999). Correct Islamic Doctrine/Islamic Doctrine. Translated by Gibril Fouad Haddad. Islamic Supreme Council of America. p. 3. ISBN 9781930409019.

[4] Lewis, B.; Menage, V.L.; Pellat, Ch.; Schacht, J. (1986) [1st. pub. 1971]. Encyclopaedia of Islam. Vol. III (H-Iram) (New ed.). Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. p. 823. ISBN 9004081186.

[5] Irwin, Robert, ed. (2010). The new Cambridge history of Islam. Vol. 4 (1. publ. ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-521-83824-5.

[6] Limbert, John W., Shiraz in the Age of Hafez: The Glory of a Medieval Persian City. University of Washington Press. 2004. ISBN 0-295-98391-4. p.112.

[7] ttp://www.sunnah.org/aqida/asha'ira2.htm#Ibn%20Khafif Archived 2020-02-10 at the Wayback Machine The Great Asha'ri Scholars

[8] Ibn Abbad al-Rundi (1986). Ibn 'Abbad of Ronda: Letters on the Sufi Path. Translated by John Renard. Paulist Press. p. 216. ISBN 9780809127306.

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