Qadiriyyah is the most famous of all Sufi Orders.

It was founded by Ghawthul A'zam Muhyiddin Abd al-Qadir Jilani (rali), who was born in
450 A.H. and lived to a ripe old age of 91 years. He is one of the great saints of Islam, and the veneration of his memory is a hallmark of the Qadiriyyah tariqah.

Qadiriyyah was the first tariqah as such to emerge in Sufism; until then the path had been relatively un-differentiated, although grouping had formed around particular Spiritual Masters.

With Muhyiddin Abd al-Qadir Jilani (rali) the tradition begins in Sufism of looking back to a particular teacher and considering him as a watershed in method and doctrine.

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