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مُحَمَّد الزَّاهِد

Muḥammad az-Zāhid al-Wakhshī

quddisa sirruhu — may his secret be sanctified

returned to his Lord 936 AH / 1529

his portrait is written, not drawn

Grand-nephew and successor of al-Ahrar, who carried the way into the next generation of Central Asian masters.

stationWalī
returned936 AH
day keptOne

His portrait is his lamp: no image survives, and none is needed.

His Daysأَيَّامُهُ

Urs of Shaykh Muhammad az-Zāhid12 Rabīʿ al-Awwal

Days of the Islamic calendar kept in his memory — each opens in the prayer book.