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Feb 17 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
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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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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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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“And from the water We made every living thing.”

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You should not have the opinion that whatever He knew, He said; whatever He could do, He did; and whatever He had, He showed. The existent things and the created things are a sample of His power.
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As for the wisdom in beginning with God, then the All-Merciful, then the Ever-Merciful, it is this: He sent this down in keeping with the states of the servants, who have three states—first creation, then nurturing, and finally forgiveness.
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God alludes to creation at the beginning through power, All-Merciful alludes to nurturing through the continuity of blessings, and Ever-Merciful alludes to forgiveness at the end through mercy.
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It is as if God said, “First I created through power, then I nurtured through blessings, and at last I forgave through mercy.”
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A karama is not a break in the rules of a static cosmic mechanism, but is the manifestation of a free God’s ability to break with His own habits in the world.
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Prophets, upon them be peace, demonstrate mujiza; saints, upon whom be God’s mercy, demonstrate karama. This is standard in our Sunni doctrine.
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