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Shaykh Abu Bakr Shibli (861-d. 946 A.D.) was an important ] of ]<ref>Leonard Lewisohn, "The Heritage of Sufism: Classical Persian Sufism from its origins to Rumi", the University of Michigan, 1999. pg 53: "Two Persian Sufis - Mansur Hallaj and Abu Bakr Shibli(d. 945), the latter from Samarqand by origin but born origin in Baghdad</ref> and a discple of ]. '''Shaykh Abu Bakr Shibli''' (861 - 946) was an important ] of ]<ref>Leonard Lewisohn, "The Heritage of Sufism: Classical Persian Sufism from its origins to Rumi", the University of Michigan, 1999. pg 53: "Two Persian Sufis - Mansur Hallaj and Abu Bakr Shibli(d. 945), the latter from Samarqand by origin but born origin in Baghdad</ref> and a discple of ].


⚫ He was born in ] or Samarra from a family of Persian origin in Khorasan. He was a high official of Baghdad before he entered the spiritual path and became a disciple of ].
==Life and Influence==


⚫ His name is seen in many works including that of the Persian poets ], ], ] and others. He was also associated with ]. According to one source, he was in a constant state of (Jadhb) and was finally commited to an asylum <ref>S.H. Nasr, "Philosophy and Cosmology" in William Bayne Fisher and Richard Nelson Frye, ''The Cambridge History of Iran'' (Vol 4.), Cambridge University Press, 1975. pp 455</ref>, however others assert that he feigned madness.<ref>Leonard Lewisohn, ''The Heritage of Sufism: Classical Persian Sufism from its origins to Rumi'', University of Michigan, 1999</ref>
⚫ He was born in ] or Samarra from a family of Persian origin in Khorasan. Originally he was a high official of Baghdad before entering the spiritual path and becoming the disciple of ].


⚫ Attributed to him is the saying: "O people! I go to place beyond which these is no beyond. I go to the south and the north, to a place beyond which is there is no beyond. Everything that I saw after that I could see in one hair of my little finger".
⚫ His name is seen in many works including that of the Persian poets ], ], ] and others. He is also connected with ]. According to one source, it is said that he was in a constant state of (Jadhb) and was finally commited to an asylum <ref>S.H. Nasr, "Philosophy and Cosmology" in William Bayne Fisher, Richard Nelson Frye, The Cambridge History of Iran (Vol 4.), William Bayne Fisher, Cambridge University Press, 1975. pp 455</ref>, however it is generally thought that he feigned madness<ref>Leonard Lewisohn, "The Heritage of Sufism: Classical Persian Sufism from its origins to Rumi", the University of Michigan, 1999.</ref>

⚫ Attributed to him is the saying: ''O people! I go to place beyond which these is no beyond. I go to the south and the north, to a place beyond which is there is no beyond. Everything that I saw after that I could see in one hair of my little finger".


== References == == References ==
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Revision as of 03:22, 25 October 2009

Shaykh Abu Bakr Shibli (861 - 946) was an important Sufi of Persian and a discple of Junayd Baghdadi.

He was born in Baghdad or Samarra from a family of Persian origin in Khorasan. He was a high official of Baghdad before he entered the spiritual path and became a disciple of Junayd Baghdadi.

His name is seen in many works including that of the Persian poets Attar, Rumi, Sanai and others. He was also associated with Hallaj. According to one source, he was in a constant state of (Jadhb) and was finally commited to an asylum , however others assert that he feigned madness.

Attributed to him is the saying: "O people! I go to place beyond which these is no beyond. I go to the south and the north, to a place beyond which is there is no beyond. Everything that I saw after that I could see in one hair of my little finger".

References

  1. Leonard Lewisohn, "The Heritage of Sufism: Classical Persian Sufism from its origins to Rumi", the University of Michigan, 1999. pg 53: "Two Persian Sufis - Mansur Hallaj and Abu Bakr Shibli(d. 945), the latter from Samarqand by origin but born origin in Baghdad
  2. S.H. Nasr, "Philosophy and Cosmology" in William Bayne Fisher and Richard Nelson Frye, The Cambridge History of Iran (Vol 4.), Cambridge University Press, 1975. pp 455
  3. Leonard Lewisohn, The Heritage of Sufism: Classical Persian Sufism from its origins to Rumi, University of Michigan, 1999
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