Abdul Qadir Gilani
Abdul Qadir Gilani عبد القادر الجيلاني | |
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Portrait of Abdul Qadir Gilani. Created in Mughal India in c. 1680 | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 1077 or 1078 (1 Ramadan 470 AH) |
| Died | 1166 CE (11 Rabi' al-Thani 561 AH) |
| Resting place | Abdul Qadir Gilani Mosque, Baghdad |
| Children | Abdul Razzaq Gilani |
| Main interest(s) | Fiqh, Sufism |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanbali |
| Tariqa | Qadiriyya (founder) |
| Creed | Athari |
| Senior posting | |
| Disciple of | Abu Saeed Mubarak Makhzoomi |
Disciples | |
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Abdul Qadir Gilani (Persian: عبدالقادر گیلانی, romanized: 'Abdul Qādir Gīlānī; Arabic: عبد القادر الجيلاني, romanized: ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī; c. 1077/78 – 1166) was a Hanbali scholar, preacher, and Sufi leader who was the eponym of the Qadiriyya, one of the oldest Sufi orders.
He was born c. 1077/78 in the town of Na'if, Rezvanshahr in Gilan, Persia, and died in 1166 in Baghdad. Gilani (Arabic: al-Jilani) refers to his place of birth, Gilan. He also carried the epithet Baghdadi, referring to his residence and burial in Baghdad.