Sufi saints or Wali (, plural ʾawliyāʾ أولياء) played an instrumental role in spreading Islam throughout the world. In the traditional Islamic view, a saint is portrayed as someone "marked by [special] divine favor ... [and] holiness", and who is specifically "chosen by God and endowed with exceptional gifts, such as the ability to work miracles."

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• Kasim Baba, fifteenth century Bektashi holy man and missionary • Khalid-i Baghdadi (1779–1827) • Kabir (1398–1518)

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• Muhibbullah Allahabadi • Aisha Al-Manoubya • Madurai Maqbara • Merkez Efendi • Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan (1699–1781) • Muhammad Jaunpuri • Muhammad al-Jazuli • Syed Abdul Rehman Jilani Dehlvi (1024-1088) • Abdul Karim Jili • Junayd of Baghdad • Khâlid-i Baghdâdî • Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki • Alauddin Sabir Kaliyari • Maruf Karkhi • Khan Jahan Ali (d. 1459) • Lal Shahbaz Qalander (1177–1274) • Machiliwale Shah • Magtymguly Pyragy • Noor Muhammad Maharvi (1730–1791) • Mahmoodullah Shah • Mahmud Hudayi • Madurai Maqbara • Mir Amjad Ibrahim Ash Shadhili • Meher Ali Shah • Mian Mir (1550–1635) • Mian Muhammad Bakhsh • Sayyid Ali Hamadani • Muhammad Suleman Taunsvi • Mohammad Tartusi • Abu Saeed Mubarak Makhzoomi (1013-1119) • Muhammad Al-Makki • Muhammad ibn Tayfour Sajawandi • Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri • Muqaddam • Muhammad Qadiri (1552-1654) • Mustafa Devati • Mustafa Gaibi • Mushtaq Ali Shah (?-1792) • Makhdoom Ali Mahimi (1372–1431) • Mohammed al-Hadi ben Issa (1467–1526, buried in Meknes, founder of the Aissawa order) • Moinuddin Chishti (1141–1230, buried in the Ajmer Sharif Dargah, spread the Chishti order throughout India) • Muhammad ibn `Ali at-Tirmidhi • Muhammad bin Abdullah

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• Nadir Ali Shah • Fazlallah Astarabadi • Najm al-Din Razi • Najmuddin Kubra • Nazim Al-Haqqani • Nasir Khusraw • Nasreddin • Nathar Vali • Shah Niamatullah • Shah Nimatullah Wali • Nizamuddin Auliya • Nasiruddin Chiragh Dehlavi • Nizamuddin Auliya (1238–1325)

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• Saadi Shirazi • Farqad Sabakhi • Sachal Sarmast (1739-1827) • Shaban Veli • Shah Maroof Khushabi • Sidi Boushaki • Sahl al-Tustari • Salim Chishti (1478–1572) • Salman the Persian • Sanai • Syed Ahmad Sultan (12th-century) • Sarı Saltık • Sarmad Kashani (d. 1661) • Saint Nuri • Ashraf Jahangir Semnani (1308–1405) • Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai (1689-1752) • Shah Badakhshi (1584–1661) • Sayed Badiuddin • Shah Gardez (1026–1152) • Shah Hussain (1538–1599) • Shah Jalal (1271–1347) • Shah Jalal Dakhini (d. 1476) • Shah Amanat (d. 1809) • Shah Paran (14th century) • Shamas Faqir • Shams Tabrizi • Molla Şemseddin Fenari • Sheikh Edebali • Şeyh Gâlib • Shah Syed Muhammad Nurbakhsh Qahistani • Syed Ahmad Ullah Maizbhandari (1826-1906) • Soch Kraal • Sufi Barkat Ali • Shahab al-Din Abu Hafs Umar Suhrawardi • Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi • Sharfuddin Shah Wilayat (1255-1346) • Shaykh Syed Mir Mirak Andrabi ( 921A.H - 990 A.H) • Somuncu Baba • Sirri Saqti • Sultan Bahu (1628–1691) • Sultan Walad • Shah Farid-ud-Din Baghdadi (c. 1551 AD – c. 1733 AD) • Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi • Safi-ad-din Ardabili • Sünbül Efendi

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