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Hazrat Babajan, like the mother of ‘Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, also advised one to “always tell the Truth.”
As Annemarie Schimmel has highlighted, further study of the role of mothers in the development of Sufism
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As Annemarie Schimmel has highlighted, further study of the role of mothers in the development of Sufism
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could prove quite enlightening.
Many stories are told about pious sons who carried their aged mothers on their shoulders to enable them to partake in the pilgrimage to Mecca.
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Many stories are told about pious sons who carried their aged mothers on their shoulders to enable them to partake in the pilgrimage to Mecca.
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It would be worthwhile to study the role of the mothers in the biographies of the Sufis. Although the energetic mother of Majduddin Baghdadi, herself an accomplished physician, is certainly an exception,
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Among the saints is the woman master (shaykha), the long-lived knower of God, Rabi‘a [d. 1216], the daughter of the illustrious shaykh Abu Bakr al-Najari al-Wasitit.
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It is said in The Clarification that the noble lady, the perfect knower of God, the wife of Sayyid Ahmad [al-Rifa‘i], the mother of Sayyid Salih, the lady of the faqirs, Rabi‘a was sound of heart and pure of mind.
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She experienced divine attractions and constant sorrow. No one could blame her for anything before God. She had a beautiful life and admirable qualities. Sayyid Ahmad called her the “lady of the faqirs” and he also nicknamed her “the mother of the faqirs.”
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A number of Sufi biographers do include documentation of these radiant women. Shaykh ‘Abd al-Haqq Muhaddis Dihlawi (one of the important early biographers) included a chapter on women saints in his book Akhbaru’l-akhyar (Stories of the Chosen Ones).
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In Rawdat al-nazirin wa khulasat manaqib al-salihin (The Garden of the Guardians and the Extract of the Deeds of the Upright), Abu Muhammad al-Witri (d. 1512) also recorded the lives of some of the Sufi women of later centuries.
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Many of the later Sufi luminaries, like Ibn al-‘Arabi in his Sufis of Andalusia, refer to radiant women who had a strong influence on their development and the continuation of the Sufi teaching.
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Ibn Malūl (a very aged shaykh who met Dhū an-Nūn al-Miṣrī), who related: I asked [Dhū an-Nūn], “Who is the most excellent person you have ever seen?” To which he replied, “I have never seen anyone more excellent than a woman
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I saw in Mecca who is called Fāṭima of Nishapur. She used to discourse wonderfully on matters pertaining to the meaning of the Qu’ran.”
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I asked Dhū an-Nūn about her and he said: “She is a saint from among the friends of God, the Glorious and Mighty. She is also my teacher (ustādhī).”
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I heard Abū al-Ḥasan as-Salāmi say: A shaykh asked Fāṭima al-Barda‘iyya about the statement of the Prophet (may God bless and preserve him) relating [a saying] from his Lord: “I am the Companion of the one who remembers Me.”
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After he had argued with her about the meaning of the tradition for some time, she said: “No. Complete remembrance of God means that you witness yourself being remembered by the One you are remembering,
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while maintaining constant remembrance of Him. Therefore, your remembrance is annihilated in remembrance of Him, whereas His remembrance of you persists beyond place and time.”
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