Muslih al-Din Mustafa 'ibn Wafa'

Mulla Musleh al-Din Mustafa, known as Ibn Wafa, a Hanafi knower of God. On the back of his books he would write, "The poor man Mustafa ibn Ahmad al-Sadri al-Qunawi, called Wafa." He first took up Sufism from Shaykh Musleh al-Din, known as the imam of the tanners, and was then sent by an order to serve Shaykh ʿAbd al-Latif al-Qudsi, under whom he completed the path and received licence to guide.

He was an imam, a learned and verifying scholar who combined the knowledge of the outward and the inward, knowledgeable in the science of magic squares, eloquent in verse and composition, an eloquent preacher, withdrawn from people, who went out only at fixed times. When he went out, the notables and others crowded around him seeking blessing. He paid no attention to the people of this world, and preferred the company of the poor. Sultan Muhammad, and after him Sultan Bayezid, sought a meeting with him, but he did not agree. He settled in Constantinople, where he had a zawiya and a mosque. When he died, Sultan Bayezid attended his funeral and ordered his face uncovered so that he could look upon him, out of longing and seeking blessing.

He died around 896 AH ¹.