| Shaqiq al-Balkhi | |
|---|---|
| Born | 8th Century Balkh |
| Died | 810 CE |
| Venerated in | Islam |
| Influences | Ibrahim ibn Adham, Rabia Basri |
| Influenced | Hatim al Assam and Other saints in Basra |
Shaqiq al-Balkhi (Arabic: شقيق البلخي; d. 810 / AH 194) was an early Sufi saint of the Khorasan school. Tradition makes him the disciple of Ibrahim ibn Adham. He emphasized the importance of tawakkul or reliance upon God. Some sources state he was a teacher of Bayazid Bastami.
He was a student of Abu Hanifa and a lifelong companion of his classmate and later Abbasid chief justice Abu Yusuf.
References
- Arberry, A.J., Muslim Saints and Mystics: Episodes from the Tadhkirat Al-Auliya’ ('Memorial of the Saints'). Abridged from Tadhkirat Al-Auliya by Farid al-Din Attar. London, England.: Penguin (Non-Classics), 1990.
- "Tawakkul" in: Oliver Leaman (ed.) The Qur'an: an encyclopedia, Routledge, 2008, ISBN 978-1-134-33975-4
- Madelung, Wilferd (1982). "The early Murji'a in Khurāsān and Transoxania and the spread of Ḥanafism". Der Islam. 59 (1). doi:10.1515/islm.1982.59.1.32. ISSN 0021-1818.