Jafar Al Khuldi
جعفر الخلدي
Ja'far al-Khuldi — the Sufi chief whose autograph isnad Ibn al-Nadim read 1
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Abu Muhammad Ja'far al-Khuldi, a leading figure among the Sufis and a man of scrupulousness and asceticism, according to Ibn al-Nadim.
The chain of Sufism
Ibn al-Nadim says that he read in al-Khuldi's own hand the chain of transmission of Sufism from him: from al-Junayd, from al-Sarri, from Ma'ruf, from Farqad, from al-Hasan, from Anas ibn Malik (may God be pleased with him). 2
Sources
- al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim
- al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim, p.260
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