Sidi Ahmad al-Rifai

Ahmad ibn Ali al-Rifa'i, a Sunni preacher, ascetic, mystic, jurist and theologian, and the founder of the Rifa'i tariqa.[1] The Rifa'i order had the greatest following of its kind until it was overtaken by the Qadiri order, and is most commonly found in West Asia, the Balkans and South Asia.[1]