Saladin
Personality and religious leanings
!Coin of Saladin, wearing [Sasanian-style merlon crown, dated AH 578 (AD 1182/3).](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/CoinofSaladin%2CNisibinmint%2C578H%28Obverseandreverse%29.jpg/330px-CoinofSaladin%2CNisibinmint%2C578H%28Obverseandreverse%29.jpg)
Personality and religious leanings
The sacred works [Koran, hadith, etc.] are full of passages referring to the jihad. Saladin was more assiduous and zealous in this than in anything else.... Jihad and the suffering involved in it weighed heavily on his heart and his whole being in every limb; he spoke of nothing else, thought only about equipment for the fight, was interested only in those who had taken up arms, had little sympathy with anyone who spoke of anything else or encouraged any other activity.
Personality and religious leanings
The inhabitants of the khanqah were known for religious knowledge and piety and their baraka (blessings) was sought after... The founder stipulated that the khanqah be endowed for the Sufis as a group, those coming from abroad and settling in Cairo and Fustat. If those could not be found, then it would be for the poor jurists, either Shafi'i or Maliki, and Ash'ari in their creed.
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