عبد الله الأنصاري الهروي

'Abd Allah al-Ansari (RH)

Khwaja 'Abd Allah al-Ansari al-Harawi

Also known as: Pir-i Herat, Khwaja Abdullah Ansari

396–481 AH · 1006–1089 CE

Sufism & Theology Hanbali Sufism Hadith

'The sage of Herat', Hanbali hadith scholar and Sufi, author of Manazil al-Sa'irin.

'Abd Allah al-Ansari was a descendant of the Companion Abu Ayyub al-Ansari. He was a Hanbali hadith scholar who opposed speculative theology, and he was persecuted for it several times.

He was also a beloved Sufi teacher. His Manazil al-Sa'irin (Stations of the Wayfarers) describes one hundred stages of the spiritual path, and Ibn al-Qayyim later wrote a long commentary on it. His Persian prayers, the Munajat, remain classics of Persian literature.

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