IN NOT- TOO- DISTANT PAST, RIFA'I SUFI ORDER, WAS THE WIDEST ORDER OF SUFISM THAT EXPANDED INTO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD SUCH AS IRAQ, LEBANON, PALESTINE, JORDAN, SYRIA, IRAN, EGYPT, ANATOLIA, INDIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES IN EASTERN ASIA. IN ADDITION TO THAT AREAS, NOWADAYS, THE FOLLOWERS OF THIS ORDER, FOUND IN AUSTRALIA, AFRICA, THE PERSIAN GULF COUNTRIES, EUROPE AND ESPECIALLY THE BALKANS, LATIN AMERICA AND EVEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND CANADA. THIS RESEARCH IS ABOUT AHMAD AL- RIFA'I'S LIFE AND WORKS, MOST IMPORTANT IDEAS OF RIFA'IYYA AND THEIR PRESENT STATUS.