Abu Ali Farmadi
Fazal bin Muhammad bin Ali (Arabic: فضل بن محمد بن علي,; born 1016 - 1084) commonly known as "Abu Ali Farmadi"[1] or just "Abu Ali" was a saint of the Naqshbandi Golden Chain, and a prominent Sufi[2] master and preacher from Ṭūs, Khorasan Iran.He was called al-Fārmadī on account of his place of birth, Fārmad, a village in the vicinity of Ṭūs.[3] After completing his elementary education he entered the madrasah of the famous Sufi Abdulkarim Qushayri in Nishapur[4] and then he was a follower of Abu Al-Hassan Al-Kharqani.[5] Abu ali Farmadi is called the Knower of the Merciful and the Custodian of Divine Love.He was a scholar of the Shafi’i school of jurisprudence and a unique `arif (endowed with spiritual knowledge).