The esteemed Skaykh Abu al-Fath al-Wasity was an intimate acquaintance and friend of Shaykh Ahmed al-Rifa’ee. Among his spiritual teachers where Shaykh Abdulsalam al-Qalby, the Shaykh Abdullah al-Biltagy, the Shaykh Ali al-Maleegy, the Shaykh Abdul Azeez al-Direeny and the Shaykh Abdul al-Azeez Abu al-Magd, the father of Ibraheem al-Dusooqy.
Beside his tomb (may God be pleased with him) lay the tomb of his daughter Fatimah, the mother of Sayid Ibraheem al-Dusooqy.
He passed away (may God be pleased with him) in the year 580 AH.