Sari al-Saqati

Sari al-Saqati
Zarih of Junayd of Baghdad and the smaller wooden zarih of his master Sari al-Saqati
Venerated inIslam
InfluencesMaruf Karkhi
InfluencedJunayd of Baghdad

Sari ibn al-Mughallis al-Saqati (Persian: السري بن المغلس السقطي, romanized: Sarī ibn al-Mughallis al-Saqaṭī was one of the early Muslim Sufi saints of Baghdad. He was one of the most influential students of Maruf Karkhi and one of the first to present Sufism (tasawwuf) in a systematic way. He was also a friend of Bishr al-Hafi. He was the maternal uncle and spiritual master of Junayd of Baghdad.