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	Abu Bakr as-Siddiq Naqshbandi secrets of the Golden Chain
		Abu Yazid, with all his elevated knowledge, knowledge of both the Divine Law or external knowledge and knowledge of the Truth or internal knowledge, accepted that order because he was humble.
		Abu Yazid had passed by him many times and still did not know who he was, in spite of Abu Yazid being one of the Golden Chain.
		Abu Bakr "r" interpreted the slaughtered animals to prophesize the death of many Muslims and the broken sword to signify the death of one of the Prophet’s "as" relatives.
	www.nurmuhammad.com /GoldenChain/GS/SayedenaAbuBakrNaqshbandiSecrets.htm (5471 words)

	Deen islam - Abu Madyan, Ibn Arabi, Shadhili, ibn Mashish ,Ahmad at-Tijani, Darqawi,Ahmed Al-alawi
		Abu Madyan Shu'ayb was born in Seville of Arab parents in 1126.
		Abu Madyan died at 1198 at 'Ubbad near Tlemsen, not far from the Moroccan border, His grave which a mosque was built, has remained a leading place of pilgrimage.
		Ahmed al-'Alawi is Ahmed ibn Mustafa ibn 'Aliwa, Abu al-'Abbas al-'Alawi, born in Mostaghanem, Algeria, in 1291/1874.
	www.deenislam.co.uk /mix/shadhili.htm (3172 words)

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		imam dhahabi is considered a student of ibn taymiyya and he considers abu yazid al-bistami a reasonable and sound source of hadith.
		yet abu yazid al-bistami is the one who is noted for saying 'subhanee' which means 'glory to me!' this is known in the technical vocabulary of the sufis as a shatha, an ecstatic utterance.
		Some of the scholars labeled him an innovator and said that he was wrong, and they said that this was a major form of bid’ah, and that it was indicative of corrupt beliefs that were entrenched in his heart and manifested themselves at certain times.
	www.islam-qa.com /index.php?pg=print&ref=6083&ln=eng (1001 words)

	Hamza Yusuf Talk on Sufism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Imam Dhahabi is considered a student of Ibn Taymiyya and he considers Abu Yazid al-Bistami a reasonable and sound source of hadith.
		Yet Abu Yazid al-Bistami is the one who is noted for saying 'Subhanee' which means 'Glory to Me!' This is known in the technical vocabulary of the Sufis as a shatha, an ecstatic utterance.
		Abu Hamid al Ghazzali who is given the title Hujjat al-Islam is probably the greatest example.
	www.muslimsforjesus.org /Sufism/sheikhamzayusufcairtalk.htm (1065 words)

	Encyclopedia: List of famous Sufis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Abu Yazid Bistami was a famous Islamic mystic and one of the earliest of the Sufis.
		It has been suggested that Abu Yazid Bistami be merged into this article or section.
		Junayd ibn Muhammad Abu al-Qasim al-Khazzaz al-Baghdadi (830-910) was one of the great early mystics, or Sufis, of Islam.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-famous-Sufis (772 words)

	The Book of THoTH (Leaves of Wisdom) - Abu Yazid Bistami
		Bayazid Bastami (Persian بايزيد بسطامى), also known as Abu Yazid Bistami or Tayfur Abu Yazid al-Bustami, (804-874CE) was a Persian Sufi born in Bostam (alternate spelling: Bastam), Iran.
		Before him, Sufism was mainly based on piety and obedience and he played a major role in placing the concept of divine love at the core of Sufism.
		Bistami was the first to speak openly of "annihilation of the self in God" (fana fi 'Allah') and "subsistence through God" (baqa' bi 'Allah).
	book-of-thoth.com /thebook/index.php?title=Abu_Yazid_Bistami (460 words)

	Thoughts & Readings
		It is said that Abu Hanifa used to avoid sitting in the shade of a tree that belonged to someone to whom he had loaned money.
		It is told that Abu Yazid al-Bistami washed his robe in the desert.
		Abu Yazid al-Bistami went into the congregational mosque one day and drove his staff into the ground.
	sufistic.blogspot.com /2003_07_06_sufistic_archive.html (3674 words)

	Paper given at the 1998 Milad an-Nabi Conference, Chicago, Illinois by Arthur F
		Abu Yazid al-Bistami complained, "`O God, with my egoism there is no way to You nor is there [any way] I can escape from egoism.
		Abu Yazid, in the example above, was advised to follow the Prophetic path to escape from egoism.
		The personal authority of a shaykh, who himself follows the sunna, will continually utilize the skillful means at his disposal to challenge, entrap, and ultimately transform the egos of his disciples.
	www.nfie.com /buehler98.html (1435 words)

	Ahlul Bayt Muhammadan Family Naqshbandi Muhibeen
		Hazrat Sayyidina 'Ali ibn Abu Tâleb Ahlul Bayt
		Axioms of Hazrat 'Ali bin Abu Tâleb (radhi Allahu Anhu).
		Lie: Khalifs Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman divested Ali by force.
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	Thoughts & Readings
		Abu Yazid al-Bistami said, "For twelve years I was the flsmith of my ego and for five years the mirror of my heart.
		I heard Abu Ali al-Daqqaq say, "Repentance has three parts: the first of these is tawbah, in the middle is inaba, and the last is awba." He makes tawbah a beginning and awba an end, with inaba between them.
		It is said that at the beginning of his wayfaring, Abu Amr bin Nujayd attended the sessions of Abu Uthman [Said bin Salam al-Harani], whose words affected his heart so that he repented.
	sufistic.blogspot.com /2003_06_29_sufistic_archive.html (3427 words)

	ISMAILISME BOOK REVIEWS
		It might be asked why the two distinguished editors insist on publishing works so difficult and abstruse as to be unlikely to attract all but an infinitesimal minority of either French or Iranian readers for whom the series is presumably intended.
		Abu Yazid al-Bistami and Hallaj are without doubt the twin seeds from which the later and openly unorthodox mysticism grew, and the later Persian poets are its copious fruit.
		The task that M. Corbin has set himself and to which he has dedicated himself with such enthusiasm, is to throw what light he can on the transition period of flowering between the seed-time and the harvest.
	ismaili.net /Source/0254.html (729 words)

	AhlulBayt Discussion Forum > For BroSalmany
		From Abu Shaddad while Ubada ibn Samit was present and confirmed him: "We were in the house of the Prophet when he said: 'Is there any stranger among you?' He meant one of the People of the Book.
		Abu Hurayra (Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Messenger of Allah said, "The best prayer after the obligatory prayers is the night prayer." (Sahih Muslim)
		Abu Nuaym narrated it in Hilyat Al Awliya and Al Harawi Al Ansari in his Tabaqat Al Sufiyya.
	www.shiachat.com /forum/lofiversion/index.php/t29645.html (4317 words)

	Famous Scholars of Sufism
		However, this claim is not supported by history; Abu Yazid was not a contemporary of the Imam.
		Abu Nasr al-Sarraj is the author of the book al-Luma', one of the principal, ancient and reliable texts of 'irfan and sufism.
		Abu Sa'id was speaking about the necessity of deeds, and about obedience and disobedience to God.
	www.oneummah.net /tasawwuf/scholars.htm (5600 words)

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		He was known as Bayazid-i Bistami (Bayazid of Bistam) due to the place of his birth.
		Bayazid Bistami was a contemporary of Abu Hafs Haddad, Ahmad Hadrawayh and Yahya b.
		Whenever Abu Yazid spoke from the Knowledge of Realities, the people of his time did not understand.
	www12.brinkster.com /thanvislam/bayazid.html (1505 words)

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		In him the two lineages met and for that reason he was called "The Inheritor of the Prophetic Station (Maqam an-Nubuwwa) and the Inheritor of the Truthful Station (Maqam as-siddiqiyya)." In him was reflected the light of the knowledge of Truth and Reality.
		Ja'far narrated from his father, Mu ammad al-Baqir, that a man came to his grandfather, Zain al-'Abidin, and said, "Tell me about Abu Bakr!" He said, "You mean as-Siddiq?" The man said, "How do you call him as-Siddiq when he is against you, the Family of the Prophet (s)?" He replied, "Woe to you.
		Ja'far passed away in 148 H. and was buried in Jannat al-Baqi in the same grave as that of his father, Muhammad al-Baqir, his grandfather, Zain al-'Abidin, and the uncle of his grandfather, al-Hasan ibn 'Ali (r).
	www.angelfire.com /al/AhmedBaba/sil06.html (1302 words)

	An Introduction to 'Irfan
		Abu Dharr was severely critical of the favoritism, partisan politics, injustice, corruption and tyranny of the post-Prophetic era in which he lived.
		If Abu Hashim al-Kufi was the first to be called sufi, then, since he was the teacher of Sufyan al-Thawri who died in 161/777, this name was first used during the first half of the 2nd century H., not at its end (as Nicholson and others have stated).
		Abu al-Qasim Qushayri, one of the leading figures of 'irfan, declares in his Risalah that the 'urafa' intentionally speak in enigmas, for they do not want the uninitiated to become aware of their customs, states and their aims.
	www.al-islam.org /al-tawhid/irfan.htm (18789 words)

	Abu Yazid Bistami
		Abu Yazid Bistami is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
		Abu Yazid Bistami: Encyclopedia II - Mysticism - On the difficulty of defining mysticism
		The term Perennial Philosophy, coined by Leibniz and popularized by Aldous Huxley, relates to what some take to be the mystic's primary concern: [W]ith the one, divine reality substantial to the manifold world of things and lives and minds.
	www.experiencefestival.com /abu_yazid_bistami (601 words)

	Islam and Muslims Contemporary Issues - Islamic Mysticism - Scholars of Tassawwuf - Ibn Khaldun (d. 808)
		Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad al-Hishi al-Halabi al-Shafi`i (b.
		He led a life of seclusion for the most part, and wrote a commentary on Nawawi's manual of Law Minhaj al-talibin, and an epitome of Ibn Hajar's Fath al-bari because of his defense of Ibn `Arabi, he was murdered in front of the Ka`ba by a fanatic.
		He was an old acquaintance of Sakhawi's father, and consequently treated Sakhawi himself "with indescribable respect." He was one of the ten students to whom Ibn Hajar gave his authority in teaching hadith after him.
	www.islamic-paths.org /Home/English/Issues/Tassawwuf/28_Sakhawi.htm (834 words)

	What Sufism has to do with Islam? Discover the True Religion of Muslim - Sufi tareeqah, Naqshbandiya, Qaadriya, ...
		Bistami's belief in the Unity of all religions became apparent when asked the question: "How does Islam view other religions?" His reply was "All are vehicles and a path to God's Divine Presence." Was this the Message of Tawheed which the Prophet (s.a.w) practised and was followed by the Sahaabah?
		Abu Yazid once prayed one Juma'a prayer in 24,000 different places.
		Abu Yazid said later: "I was afraid to say 24,000, so I only said 12,000." So Abu Yazid clearly lied, when he could have simply not mentioned anything in the first place.
	www.allaahuakbar.net /sufism/its_origin.htm (4582 words)

	“Altered states” of the Sufi
		One charismatic person was Abu Yazid Al Bistami (d.874) from northwest Iran who described his experience by using the ascent to Heaven of the Holy Prophet (pbuh).
		The two named above also became associated with two schools of thought among the Sufis: Bistami was associated with what is called the “intoxicated” path and Junaid with the “sober” path.
		Abu Sarraj (d.988) wrote his book Kitab al Sama’ and discussed the medicinal effects of listening to dhikr and in the process brought authority from Greek sources such as Hippocrates and Pythagoras, strengthening the tradition in which was established by the first Muslim philosopher Al Kindi (d.865).
	www.thefridaytimes.com /today1/page26.shtml (910 words)

	Abu Yazid al-Bistami (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		He is the greatest of the Shaykhs in state and dignity, so that Junayd said: “Abu Yazid holds the same rank among us as Gabriel among the angels.”
		It is related that Abu Yazid said: “Paradise hath no value in the eyes of lovers, and lovers are veiled (from God) by their love,” i.e.
		It is related that Abu Yazid said: “I went to Mecca and saw a House standing apart.
	www.naqshbandi.net /haqqani/sufi/saints/kashf_al_mahjub/abu_yazid_al_bistami.htm (579 words)

	Muslim Theology
		But probably this means nothing more than it does when he speaks in a similar way of studying the scholastic theologians; namely, that he now took up the study in earnest and with a new and definite purpose.
		He therefore read carefully the works of al-Harith al-Muhasibi, the fragments of al-Junayd, ash-Shibli,and Abu Yazid al-Bistami.
		He had also the benefit of oral teaching; but it became plain to him that only through ecstasy and the complete transformation of the moral being could he really understand Sufiism.
	www.muhammadanism.org /MacDonald/Development/p224.htm (543 words)

	Sufism in Islam, extracts from a talk by Shaykh Hamza Yusuf
		So ignorant people might hear some statement which is said by a Sufi and they completely misunderstand it.
		Abu Hamid al Ghazzali who is given the title Hujjat al-Islam is probably the greatest example.
		People wanted to be like them, and the Arabs are notorious in their understanding if you are not like noble people pretend to be like them because even that is a type of nobility.
	www.themodernreligion.com /sufism/sufism-shHamza.html (1081 words)

	Desciption of Courses at ISTAC
		An examination of the Sufi contribution to the intellectual elaboration of the Islamic worldview, which will also discuss the place of intellectual reflection and expression among the methods of realisation espoused by the Sufis, as well as points of both agreement and disagreement with the traditions of theology and philosophy.
		A study on the verse and prose from the dawn of Islam until the present.
		Zuhayr, Abu 'l-'Atahiya, al-Ma'arri, al-Hariri, al-Hamadhani, Ibn al-Farid, and al-Bosiri, etc. will be studied together with their literary works.
	ireland.iol.ie /~afifi/Ilm/istac.htm (5103 words)

	www.sufismo.org.ar
		Se relata que Abu Yazid al-Bistami dijo: “He visto a mi Señor Topododeroso y Glorioso en un sueño y pregunté: “¿Cómo te he de encontrar?” EL respondió: “¡Déjate a ti y ven hacia Mí!””.
		Abu Bakr dijo: “He hallado lo bueno en este mundo y del otro, en el retiro y teniendo poco mientras qye he hallado el mal de este mundo y del otro, poseyendo mucho y mezclandome entre la gente”.
		He oido a Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami decir...que Junayd dijo: “Queinqueira que desee el afianzar su religón y el descanso de su cuerpo y su corazon, dejenlo que el mismo se aleje de la gente.
	www.sufismo.net /primera/Novedades/05abr2.htm (1527 words)

	AL-SAKHAWI'S SUFI TEACHERS
		In this ijaza Sakhawi calls him: "Our master, the masterful Imam of merits and guidance, the Educator of Murids (students in the Sufi path), the Mainstay of Wayfarers in the Sufi path, the Noble Abu Bakr al-Hishi al-Halabi, may Allah preserve him and have mercy on his gracious predecessors (i.e.
		He was a master of all sciences and taught at the Madrasa al-Ashrafiyya in Cairo, after which he headed the Shaykhuni Sufi khaniqa.
		He was a writer, archer, horseman, and Sufi shaykh at the zawiya (alcove-mosque) of Jibrin, where al-Sakhawi met him and took hadith from him.
	www.livingislam.org /n/sst_e.html (609 words)

	Universidad de Navarra /Todas Ubic
		La libertà /Teodoro Abu Qurrah ; a cura di Paola Pizzi ; testo arabo a cura di Samir Khalil Samir BDC Sala de Lectura
		The churches and monasteries of Egypt and some neighbouring countries /attributed to Abu Salih, the Armenian ; edited and translated by B.T.A. Evetts ; with added notes by BDC Sala de Lectura
		Abu Ya'kub, Sijistani -- Véase --Abu Ya'qub al-Sijzi, Ishaq ibn Ahmad
	www.unav.es /search*spi/aAbu+Qurrah,+Tawdhurus/aabu+qurrah+tawdhurus/-2,-1,0,E/2browse (328 words)

	Maadat Ya Sayyiduna wa Mawlana Muhammad Rasoolillah (sallal-laahu-wa-sallam)
		Khailafa Rashidun Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddiq, Umar, Uthman, Hadhrat Ali karma wala wajhu.
		This is only something I made up, but its principles are based on Tariqah and manners of Asking when in need of something.
		When Imam al-Shafi`i was in Baghdad, he would visit the grave of Imam Abu Hanifa, give him salam, and then ask Allah for the fulfillment of his need through his means (yatawassal ilallah ta`ala bihi fi qada' hajatihi).
	www.deenislam.co.uk /me/Maadat.html (850 words)

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		He had his own followers and admirers, and at the same time he was never absent from the circle of Abu Yazid al-Bistami.
		One day he remarked to Abu Yazid, "Master, today is thirty years that I have been keeping constant fast.
		For all that I believe in this knowledge, and I love this preaching." "If for three hundred years," said Abu Yazid, "you fast by day and pray by night, you will never realize one atom of this discourse." "Why?" asked the disciple.
	www.speakeasy.org /~elainewr/tariqas/tariqas.1996.8.v1.099 (3229 words)

	The Friends Or Saints of Allah - www.ezboard.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Narrated by Abu Huraira in Bukhari, vol8, hadith 509
		So it is clear that the awliyâ' are under the protection and loving care of Allah Almighty.
		Suyuti, al-Fahr al-kabir, refers it to Abu Nu`aym's Hilyat-ul awliyâ'.
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