Ahmad al-Rifaʽi

Aḥmad ibn ʽAlī al-Rifāʽī (Arabic: أَحْمَد ابْن عَلِي ٱلرِّفَاعِي) was a SunniMuslim preacher, ascetic, mystic, jurist, and theologian, known for being the eponymous founder of the Rifaʽitariqa (Sufi order) of Islam. The Rifaʽi order had its greatest following until it was overtaken by the Qadiri order. The Rifaʽi order is most commonly found in the West Asia, the Balkans and South Asia.

His tomb and shrine is located at a mosque bearing his namesake in Al-Rifai, a town at southern Iraq near Baghdad.