# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ahmed-ar-rifa-i
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:49:58.466Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ahmed-ar-rifa-i"
name: "Ahmed ar-Rifa'i"
slug: "ahmed-ar-rifa-i"
description: "Aḥmad ibn ʽAlī al-Rifāʽī was a Sunni Muslim preacher, ascetic, mystic, jurist, and theologian, known for being the eponymous founder of the Rifaʽi tariqa of Islam. The Rifaʽi order had its greatest following until it was overtaken by the Qadiri order. The Rifaʽi order is most commonly found in the West Asia, the Balkans and South Asia."
tagline: "6th-century founder of Rifa'i Sufi Order"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/-%28%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%82%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%8A%29_52_%D9%83%D9%85_%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%82_%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%8A.jpg/330px--%28%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%82%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%8A%29_52_%D9%83%D9%85_%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%82_%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%8A.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
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  slug: "tv-personality"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1118"
deathDate: "1182"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.35
  momentum:             0.9730470534490634
  historical:           13.9465
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "أحمد بن علي الرفاعي"
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    title: "احمد الرفاعى"
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    title: "ئەحمەدی کوڕی عەلی ڕیفاعی"
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    title: "شیخ احمد الرفاعی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ахмад ар-Рифаи"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump