Sanctity and Mysticism in Medieval Egypt: The Wafa Sufi Order and the Legacy of Ibn 'Arabi

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Figure 1. Cairo cemetery (City of the Dead) Figure 2. Entrance to Wafå’ mosque Figure 3. Tombs in Wafå’ mosque Figure 4. Grave marker, >Al• Wafå’ Figure 5. The Wafå’ house Figure 6. Remains of fountain in Wafå’ house The Wafå’s in Cairo (del. N. Lacoste) (Table 1.0) The Early Wafå’iyya Mu˙ammad al-Najm (from Sfax / Tunis) (d. ?, Alexandria) Mu˙ammad al-Awsa† (d. ?, Alexandria) Mu˙ammad Wafå’ (702/1302-765/1363, Cairo) Shihåb al-D•n A˙mad Ab¥ al->Abbås (d. 814/1412) >Al• Wafå’ (759/1357–807/1405) Ab¥ al-Fat˙ (d. 852/1448) Ibråh•m Ab¥ al-Makårim (d. 833/1428) Ab¥ al-Fa∂l (d. 814/1410) Ya˙ia Ab¥ al-Siyådåt (d. 857/1453) Ab¥ al-Jawd Óasan (d. 805/1405) Shams al-D•n Ab¥ al-Maråhim (d. 867/1462) Mu˙ibb al-D•n Mu˙ammad Ab¥ al-Fa∂l (d. 888/1462) (daughters) Burhån al-D•n Ibråh•m Ab¥ al-Makårim (d. 908/1502) (sons) Óusnå (d. 888/1483) Shams al-D•n Mu˙ammad Ab¥ al-Fa∂l (d. 942/1536) Ra˙ma (d. ?) Du˙å (d. ?) Ab¥ al->Abbås A˙mad (d. 825/1421) Ab¥ al-Tayyib Mu˙ammad (d. 807/1405) Ab¥ al-Tåhir Mu˙ammad (d. in Yemen?) Ab¥ al-Qåsim Mu˙ammad (d. 833/1429) ...