Document Type : Original Article

Author

• mohammadjavad shams

Associate Professor of ...

Abstract

Abstract
Maruf Karkhi is one of the great Islamic mystics of the second century AH and the head of many mystical Orders and Paths; for this reason, he has been called "Sheikh al- selsela" and "Imam al- Sufiyyah," and the Orders leading to him has been called "Marufiya" and "Umm al-Salasel."The most important and controversial period of his life is his historical and spiritual connection with Imam Reza (AS), which occurs in two periods of his life - childhood and old age; in the first period, he converted to Islam at the hands of the Imam (AS), was educated by him, and began his spiritual journey; and towards the end of his life, for a short time in Karkh,of Baghdad, he was honored to serve the Imam (AS) . Despite the research conducted on this subject, in most of them, this connection and relationship has been doubted or even rejected; therefore, in this article, we have tried to prove this historical connection in both periods of the famous Karkhi's life by citing library sources and descriptive-analytical methods.