Sheikh ʿAdī ibn Musāfir

In the early 12th century, Sheikh ʿAdī ibn Musāfir, a Sufi and a descendant of the Umayyads, settled in Lālish, north of Mosul, and began a Sufi order known as the ʿAdwiyyah. Although his own teachings were strictly orthodox, the beliefs of his followers soon blended with local traditions. A…

Sheikh ʿAdī, the chief Yazīdī saint, is believed to have achieved divinity through metempsychosis. Heaven and hell are also included in Yazīdī mythology.