... that the spiritual guide need not be a living person. Kharaqani, for example, was initiated into the Sufi path by the spirit of Abu Yazid al-Bistami, while 'Attar was inspired by the spirit of al-Hallaj.[13] ...
... phet at his home, had already been married with children when the Prophet first arrived at Madina. Abu Ayyub's grandchildren helped him mount the horse before he came all the way to Istanbul (Constant ...
... s tolerant towards "theopatic locutions", the so-called shathiyyat, in which the mystic utters words that he should not say, such as Hallaj's "I am the Truth (God)" or Bayazid's "Praise be to Me!". For Güle ...
... s carried away by one's reactions. What are your criteria in this respect? Before it was organized, this institution (religious orders) was in the hands of most pure individuals like Abu Yazid al-Bista ...
... have served the people’s souls, senses, hearts, and consciences. Other great examples of the differences in ability are Sufyan-i Sevri, Ibrahim ibn A`tham, Beyazid-Bistami, Junayd al-Baghdadi, Abdul Qadir ...
... ndreds of Companions, many leading figures among his own and succeeding generations narrated from him. Alqama brought up the most illustrious scholars of the Kufan school, people such as Aswad ibn Yaz ...
... live until the sixtieth year." This supplication was so famous that whoever saw Abu Hurayra recalled it. He had heard from the Messenger that some inexperienced, sinful young men would begin to rule the ...
... n a couple of weeks, he could read and write letters in it. Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri, Qatada ibn Diama, Sha'bi, Ibrahim ibn Yazid al-Nakha'i, Imam Shafi'i, and many others publicly said that they never forgo ...
... bn Abi Layla testified to the hadith's authenticity, saying he had heard it from Abu Ayyub al-Ansari. [6] Such great scholars as Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri, Ibn Sirin, Sufyan al-Thawri, Amir ibn Sharahil al-Sha ...
... "gold and diamonds." Just consider the cases of Abu Bakr, 'Umar, 'Uthman, 'Ali, Khalid, 'Uqba ibn Nafi', Tariq ibn Ziyad, Abu Hanifa, Imam Shafi'i, Bayazid al-Bistami, Muhyi al-Din ibn al-'Arabi, Biru ...
... e to You, we have not been able to know You as Your knowledge requires, O Known One,' or Bayazid al-Bistami, who says [in an instance of entranced ecstasy]: 'Glory be to me, how exalted I am!'?" Mawlana's ...
... bn Aslam, Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir, and Nafi' ibn Abi Nujayh (Madina); 'Alqama ibn Qays al-Nakha'i, Aswad ibn Yazid, Hammad, and Abu Hanifa Nu'man ibn Thabit (Kufa); Tawus and ibn Munabbih (Yemen); 'At ...
... ran, Iraq, and Egypt were conquered. Muslim armies marched throughout a vast area, led by such great commanders as Abu 'Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah, Shurahbil ibn Hasana, Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, 'Amr ibn al-'As ...
... y and are welcomed. Truthfulness is as effective as the "elixir" of God's Greatest Name. When asked about the Greatest Name, Bayazid al-Bistami answered: Show me the Least Name among God's Names so th ...
... the power of spiritual unveiling or discovery. God demands straightforwardness; however, a servant desires extraordinary spiritual abilities. When they told Bayazid al-Bistami about a man who walked on w ...
... he abode of prosperity? The following words of Bayazid al-Bistami are also very apt: I worshipped my Lord for thirty years with all my strength. Then I heard a voice saying: O Bayazid! The treasures of God ...
... "Kusuf," in Sunan, 4 vols. (Beirut, n.d.), 2.[3] Al-Tirmidhi, "Zuhd," 9; Muhammad ibn Yazid al-Qazwini Ibn Maja, "Zuhd," in Sunan, 2 vols. (Egypt, 1952), 19.[4] Muhammad Ibn Sa'd, Al Tabaqat al-Kubra, 8 ...
... t only a few of countless such people: such saints and purified, meticulous scholars as Abu Hanifa, Shafi'i, Bayazid al-Bistami, 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, Imam Ghazali, Imam Rabbani, and Bediuzzaman Sa ...
... years, his only sorrow and great longing were expressed thus: "I wish I could have spread Islam all over Africa. I was prevented from achieving this. That is the only thing I regret." Freeing and the ...