Rifaʽi

Summary

Rifaʽi is a tariqa^[1]. Rifaʽi draws 162 Wikipedia views per month (tariqa category, ranking #12 of 37).^[2]

Key Facts

• Rifaʽi's religion is recorded as Islam^[3].
• Rifaʽi's instance of is recorded as tariqa^[4].
• Rifaʽi's founder is recorded as Ahmed ar-Rifa'i^[5].
• Rifaʽi's Commons category is recorded as Rifa'i^[6].
• 1200 marks the founding of Rifaʽi^[7].
• Rifaʽi's official website is recorded as http://www.rifai.org/^[8].
• Rifaʽi's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica Online^[9].
• Rifaʽi's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Universalis^[10].
• Rifaʽi's described by source is recorded as Encyclopaedia of Islam New Edition Online (EI-2 English)^[11].
• Rifaʽi's described by source is recorded as Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (EI-2 French)^[12].
• Rifaʽi's described by source is recorded as Encyclopaedia Islamica^[13].
• Rifaʽi's described by source is recorded as TDV Islamic Encyclopedia^[14].
• Rifaʽi's described by source is recorded as Islamskiy entsiklopedicheskiy slovar'^[15].
• Rifaʽi's name in native language is recorded as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'الطَّرِيقَةُ الرِّفَاعِيَّةُ'}^[16].
• Rifaʽi's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'الرفاعية'}^[17].
• Rifaʽi's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Islam^[18].
• Rifaʽi's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Sufism^[19].

Body

Founding

Rifaʽi's founder is recorded as Ahmed ar-Rifa'i^[5]. 1200 marks the founding of Rifaʽi^[7].

Why It Matters

Rifaʽi draws 162 Wikipedia views per month (tariqa category, ranking #12 of 37).^[2] Rifaʽi has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[20] Rifaʽi is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[21]