Living tradition
Find a community
Websites, social accounts and gathering places of Rifāʿī communities, for anyone who wants to meet them.
What is listed. Only each community's own website and the accounts it links to itself. Accounts that merely use a teacher's or an order's name — and there are many — are left out. No community is ranked above another.
Websites change. If a link is out of date, or your community is missing, please let us know.
The circle of Kenan Rifâî
| Community | Link |
|---|---|
| Cemalnur Sargut | |
| Cemalnur Sargut | |
| Cemalnur Sargut | Website |
| Cemalnur Sargut | X (Twitter) |
| TÜRKKAD (Kenan Rifâî circle) | Website |
| Rifai Order, Toronto | Website |
Cemalnur Sargut’s own website notes that many accounts using her name are not hers.
Sherif Baba and the Rifāʿī-Maʿrifī
| Community | Link |
|---|---|
| Rumi Society of British Columbia | Website |
The order keeps no website of its own. Ask among his students for the circles in Seattle, Vancouver and Montreal.
The Ansari Qadiri Rifai network
| Community | Link |
|---|---|
| AQRT international | Website |
| AQRT UK | Website |
| AQRT London | Meetup group |
| Ansari Southern Hemisphere | Facebook community |
| Ansari Southern Hemisphere | Website |
| Ansari Southern Hemisphere | Meetup group |
| Ansari Spanish-language network | WordPress |
| Ansari Portuguese-language network | Blogger |
The Rufai tekkes of the Balkans
- Rufai tekke, Skopje — Sultan Nevruz, 21 March
- Rufai tekke, Prizren — Friday zikr; Sultan Nevruz, 21–22 March
The tekkes keep no website we know of. Sultan Nevruz is their great public gathering.
The Rifāʿiyya in Egypt
The sheikhdom speaks through its own approved platforms; pages that merely use the order’s name are not necessarily its own.
Sri Lanka and South India
- Muhiyaddeen Mosque, Rifai Thangal Lane, Colombo 12 — annual feast of the Pîr
The association keeps no website we know of; its annual feast of the Pîr is held at the Muhiyaddeen Mosque.
Iraq: the Pîr’s country
- Shrine of Sayyid Ahmad al-Rifāʿī, Umm ʿUbayda, southern Iraq