Abu 'Abd al-Rahman Muhammad ibn al-Husayn al-Sulami al-Shafi'i (Arabic: أبو عبد الرحمن محمد بن الحسين السلمي) commonly known as al-Sulami (947-1034), was a Shafi'i muhaddith (Hadith Master), muffassir (Qur'anic commentator), shaykh of the Awliya, Sufi hagiographer, and a prolific writer. Al-Dhahabi said of him: "He was of very high status.