Editing Sheikh (section)

==Sufi term==

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[[File:Mustafa Sabri Efendi.jpg|thumb|[[Mustafa Sabri|Mustafa Sabri Effendi]], the second last [[Shaykh al-Islām]] (ultimate authority on religious affairs) of the [[Ottoman Empire]] and [[Ottoman Caliphate|Caliphate]], 1919-1920]]
In [[Sufism]] (''tasawwuf''), the word ''[[Sheikh (Sufism)|shaikh]]'' is used to represent a spiritual guide who initiates a particular order (''[[tariqa]]'') which leads to [[Muhammad]], although many [[awliya|saints]] have this title added before their names out of respect from their followers. A couple of prominent examples are Sheikh [[Abdul Qadir Jilani]], who initiated the [[Qadiriyya]] order, and Sheikh [[Ahmad al-Tijani]], who initiated the [[Tijaniyyah]] Sufi order.<ref>Abun-Nasr, Jamil M. (2007). ''Muslim Communities of Grace: The Sufi Brotherhoods in Islamic Religious Life''. Columbia University Press. p. 94. {{ISBN|978-0-231-14330-1}}.</ref>