حياة بن قيس الحراني

حياة بن قيس الحراني

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The great and famous saint Hayat b. Qays of Harran, one of the four shaykhs of whom Abu Abdallah al-Qurashi said 'four shaykhs act freely from their graves as in life': Ma'ruf al-Karkhi, Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, Aqil al-Manbiji and Hayat b. Qays; many aspirants trained under him and flourished, and marvels that stagger the mind are told of him — Ghanim b. Ya'la saw him lead a night prayer on an Indian Ocean island, then the earth folded for him and he prayed dawn at Harran; he died at Harran in 581 ¹.