Abd al-Wahid ibn Zaid

Abdul Wahid
Personal
DiedAH 177/794 CE
Resting placeIraq
ReligionIslam
FlourishedIslamic golden age
DenominationSunni
SchoolHanafi
Muslim leader
PredecessorHasan al-Basri
SuccessorAl-Fuḍayl ibn ‘Iyāḍ

'Abd al-Wahid ibn Zaid (Arabic عبد الواحد بن زید) also known as Abdul Wahid bin Zayd, has been quoted in Fazail-e-Sadaqat[1] as great early Sufi Sheikh. He is also reported to have received education from Imam Abu Hanifah, before being initiated full-time as a Sufi by Hasan al-Basri.[2] His date of death is said to be on 27th of Safar, 177 AH (794 AD). His shrine is in Basrah, Iraq.

  1. ^ Mawlana Zakaria, reprint Delhi, 1976, p 149
  2. ^ Taj ul Auliya i Chisht, by Dr Ghulam Muhammad Chishti-Fareedi, pub Lahore, 1952, pp 208-209