Wikipedia's first sentence called it “prominent sunni shafi’i islamic scholar of hadhramaut and was known by the epithet wali allah”. Today it says “prominent sunni shafi'i islamic scholar and sufi saint of hadhramawt”.
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Sunni Shafi’i Islamic scholar Sheikh Sa’eed ibn Isa Al-Amoudi (1203/1204-1272) ( Arabic :الشيخ سعيد بن عيسى العمودي) was a prominent Sunni Shafi’i Islamic scholar of Hadhramaut and was known by the epithet Wali Allah , meaning Saint of God. He had exercised significant spiritual influence and leadership in religious affairs in his region of birth, the Wadi Daw’an , bringing eminence to his birth town Qaydun . This influence would be inherited by his descendants, the Al-Amoudi tribe who would go on to establish an independent state in Wadi Daw’an and found the village of Budha which would serve as the capital of the Al-Amoudi state.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “prominent sunni shafi’i islamic scholar of hadhramaut and was known by the epithet wali allah”. Today it says “prominent sunni shafi'i islamic scholar and sufi saint of hadhramawt”. Read the current article and compare.
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prominent sunni shafi’i islamic scholar of hadhramaut and was known by the epithet wali allah
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prominent sunni shafi'i islamic scholar and sufi saint of hadhramawt
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