Rifaʽi

Others In terms of Ihsan: The Rifa'i order (Arabic: الطريقة الرفاعية, romanized: al-Ṭarīqa al-Rifāʽiyya) is a prominent Sufi order (tariqa) within Sunni Islam founded by Ahmad al-Rifa'i and developed in the lower Iraq marshlands between Wasit and Basra.

[1] The Rifa'i order is most commonly found in the Arab Middle East but also in Turkey, the Balkans and South Asia.

Records indicate Ahmad al-Rifaʽi inherited his maternal uncle's, Mansur al-Bata'ihi, position of headship to his religious community in 1145-6 C.E.

[6] In the United States and Canada tekkes (lodges) are found in Staten Island and Toronto that were under the guidance of the late Shaykh Xhemali Shehu (d.2004) of Prizren, Kosovo.

[8] It is uncertain whether or not Ahmed ar-Rifaʽi instituted the practices that helped solidify the Rifaʽi order's massive popularity.