Muhammad Zahid Wakhshi

Muhammad Zahid Wakhshi
Personal life
Born852 AH (1448/1449CE)
Vakash Tajikistan
Died936 AH (1529/1530CE)
Main interest(s)Islamic Law, Islamic philosophy
Religious life
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
TariqaNaqshbandi
CreedMaturidi
Muslim leader
Influenced by
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Muhammad Zahid Vakhshi (Persian: محمد زاهد وخشی; 852-936 AH) was a Sufi of the Naqshbandī Sufi order. He lived in Vakhsh (or Vakash), a small town in present-day Tajikistan, about 100 km South of the capital Dushanbe. Naqshbandī The Sufi order from Khwaja Ahrar transferred to him and he transferred to Darwish Muhammad. He was a close relative of Yaqub al-Charkhi, and according to some sources, he was his maternal grandson. His tomb is in Vakhsh.