Muhammad Zahid Wakhshi

Muhammad Zahid Wakhshi
Personal life
Born	AH 852 (1448/1449) Vakash Tajikistan^[citation needed]
Died	AH 936 (1529/1530)
Main interest(s)	Islamic Law, Islamic philosophy
Religious life
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni^[citation needed]
Jurisprudence	Hanafi
Tariqa	Naqshbandi[1]
Creed	Maturidi
Muslim leader
Influenced by Khwaja Ahrar[2]
Influenced Darwish Muhammad

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.^[3][4] Naqshbandī The Sufi order from Khwaja Ahrar transferred to him and he transferred to Darwish Muhammad.^[5][6] He was a close relative of Yaqub al-Charkhi, and according to some sources, he was his maternal grandson.^{[citation needed]} His tomb is in Vakhsh.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. Ismail, Abdul Qader (27 November 2020). Litany for Seeking Favour of the One in Whose Hand is the Soul of My Beloved. ISBN 9781913663612.
2. Adamec, Ludwig W. (14 December 2016). Historical Dictionary of Islam. ISBN 9781442277243.
3. "Khwaja Muhammad Zahid Wakhshi (852-936 AH)". Ghaffari (Blog). 6 June 2014.
4. Ahmad, Naseem. "The Contribution of Turkistan to the Development of Naqshbandi Sufi Silsila: A Study of Bahaud-din Naqshband and His Disciples' Writings on Sufi Doctrine". Academia.
5. "20. Hazrat Muhammed Zahid Wali". Naqshbandi.
6. "The Golden Chain: Khwaja Muahammad az-Zahid". SufiSpirit.