RifāʻĪ, Aḥmad Ibn ʻAlī, رفاعي، احمد بن علي،.

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Aḥmad Ibn ʻAlī al-Rifāʻī, revered as Muḥyī al-Dīn, was a prominent 12th-century Islamic scholar, mystic, and founder of the Rifāʻī Sufi order, born in 512 AH in the village of Hamam in Iraq. Renowned for his profound spiritual insights and miraculous feats, he dedicated his life to the pursuit of divine truth and the guidance of seekers on the path of tasawwuf. Al-Rifāʻī's teachings emphasized unwavering devotion to Allah, ethical living, and the transformative power of spiritual discipline, influencing generations of Muslims across the Islamic world. His legacy endures through his disciples and writings that illuminate the states of the people of reality in communion with the Divine, as captured in his seminal work Kitāb Ḥālat ahl al-ḥaqīqah maʻa Allāh.