Muhammad Zahid Wakhshi | |
Birth Place: | Vakash Tajikistan |
Main Interests: | Islamic Law, Islamic philosophy |
Influences: | Khwaja Ahrar[1] |
Influenced: | Darwish Muhammad |
Religion: | Islam |
Denomination: | Sunni |
Jurisprudence: | Hanafi |
Creed: | Maturidi |
Sufi Order: | Naqshbandi[2] |
Muhammad Zahid Vakhshi (fa|{{Nastaliq|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. His tomb is in Vakhsh.