Abu Bakr al-Kalabadhi Quotes

Abu Bakr al-Kalabadhi, in full, Abu Bakr ibn Abi Ishaq Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Ya'qub al-Bukhari al-Kalabadhi was a Persian Hanafi Maturidi Sufi scholar and the author of the Kitab at-ta'arruf, one of the most important works of Sufism composed during the first 300 years of Islam. Wikipedia

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“Detachment from everything is avbsolutely necessary for the saint's unification with God. The meaning of detachment is that one should be detached outwardly from accidents, and inwardly from compensation.”

Abu Bakr al-Kalabadhi

Source: The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004), p. 83

“The more inwardly pure a man is, the higher his rank and the nobler his station, so much he assiduously labors with sincere performance and a great fear.”

Abu Bakr al-Kalabadhi

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Source: The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004), p. 83

“The qualities of saintliness are; withdrawal from the world, inclining the soul awat from it, leaving all settled bodies, keeping constantly to travel, denying the carnal soul its pleasures, purifying conduct, cleansing the conscience, dilation of breast and quality of the leadership.”

Abu Bakr al-Kalabadhi

Source: The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004), p. 83

“Love is of two natures; the love which is tranquil, which is found among both the elect and the common folk, and the love which is rapture, which is found only among the elect. This is road which leads direct to God.”

Abu Bakr al-Kalabadhi

Source: The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004), p. 84

“The end of the gnostic is traceable 'when he is as he was where he was before he was.' The gnostic then has made easy effort to discharge his duty to God, and his gnosis is a realization of what God has given him; therefore he truly returns from things to God.”

Abu Bakr al-Kalabadhi

Source: The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004), p. 84

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