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Rudbari

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Saint Rudbari
Mystic
Bornc. 850-70 C.E.
Diedc. 933-40 C.E.
Baghdad (?)
Venerated inIslam
InfluencesMuhammad, Junayd Baghdadi

Abu Ali al-Rudbarior Abuzer Rudbari (Template:Lang-fa), known also as Rudbari, was a famous early Persian[1] sufi saint of the 9th century. He claimed descent from the Sassanid king Anushiravan and was a disciple of Junayd Baghdadi.

Rudbari's statements are recounted in many sayings of the Islamic world. One of his most famous sayings is:

No prison confines more closely than the society of those whose outlook is contrary to one's own.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Murtaza Muṭahharī, "Understanding Islamic sciences: philosophy, theology, mysticism, morality, jurisprudence", ICAS Press, 2002
  2. ^ Jāmī, Ghazzālī, Idries Shah, "Four Sufi classics ", Published for the Sufi Trust by the Octagon Press, 1980

Further reading

Murtaza Muṭahharī, "Understanding Islamic sciences: philosophy, theology, mysticism, morality, jurisprudence", ICAS Press, 2002