Mohammad Baba as-Samasi (

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: محمد بابا السماسی ) was a Sufi of the

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order. He was born in Sammas, a village on the outskirts of Ramitan, from

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, Uzbekistan. He memorized the

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and the

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(Muhammad's peace and blessings be upon him words), and become an expert in Jurisprudence, then studied Speculative Theology, Logic, Philosophy (‘ilm al-Kalam) and History. He followed Shaykh Ali Ramitani. Shaykh 'Ali Ramitani quddisa sirruhu chose him as his successor before his death and ordered all his disciples to follow him.

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