In a well-known story, ʿUmar Ibn al-Fāriḍ appears to ʿUmar al-Suhrawardī in Mecca during the Hajj with good news from the Unseen world. The two Sufi masters later meet again, and al-Suhrawardī invests Ibn al-Fāriḍ’s sons and others with the khirqah, or Sufi robe. Despite the wondrous elements in this account, new evidence suggests that much of this story is true. The proof texts are two poems by Muḥammad Ibn al-Khiyamī, and they underscore the value of poetry, particularly the ikhwāniyyāt, or verse exchanged between friends and colleagues, as a vital source for the social history of Islamic mysticism at that time.

在一个著名的故事中，朝ʿ期间麦加的乌马尔·伊本·法里（Umar Ibnal-Fāriḍ）出现在麦加的乌马尔·苏拉瓦德迪（Umaral-Suhrawardī），其中有来自未见世界的好消息。这两个苏菲大师后重逢，而AL-苏拉瓦迪投资伊本·法里德的儿子和其他有khirqah，或苏菲长袍。尽管此说明中有奇妙的内容，但新的证据表明，这个故事在很大程度上是真实的。证明文本是穆罕默德·伊本·基亚米（Mu poammad Ibnal-Khiyamī）的两首诗，它们突显了诗歌的价值，尤其是ikhwāniyyāt或朋友和同事之间交流的诗歌，它们是当时伊斯兰神秘主义社会历史的重要来源。