Sari al-Saqati
Abū al-Ḥasan Sarī (al-Sirrī) b. al-Mughallis al-Saqaṭī (867CE) also known as Sirri Saqti (Arabic:سری سقطی) was one of the early Muslim Sufi saints of Baghdad.[1] He was one of the most influential students of Maruf Karkhi and one of the first to present Sufism in a systematic way.[2] He was also a friend of Bishr al-Hafi. He was the maternal uncle and spiritual master of Junayd of Baghdad.[3]
Sari al-Saqati | |
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 Zarih of Junayd of Baghdad and a smaller wooden zarih of Sari al-Saqati | |
| Venerated in | Islam |
| Influences | Maruf Karkhi |
| Influenced | Junayd of Baghdad |
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References
- Al-Risala al-Qushayriyya.
- Annemarie Schimmel (1980). Handbuch Der Orientalistik. p. 30. ISBN 9004061177.
- Al-Ghazali, On Disciplining the Soul and Breaking the Two Desires, Cambridge, Islamic Texts Society, p.221.
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