حياة بن قيس الحراني

The great shaykh and famed saint Hayat b. Qays al-Harrani; one of the four of whom Abu 'Abdallah al-Qurashi said 'four shaykhs act in their graves for their lives': Shaykh Ma'ruf al-Karkhi, Shaykh 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, Shaykh 'Aqil al-Manbiji and Shaykh Hayat b. Qays al-Harrani. ²

Many murids trained under him and prospered; among his graces are states that stagger the mind — Shaykh Ghanim b. Ya'la told he saw him on an island in the Indian Ocean praying with the solitaries, then the earth was folded for him and he prayed the dawn at Harran; he died in 581 at Harran. ²