Abū Bakr al-Shiblī

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Abū Bakr al-Shiblī ( Arabic أبو بكر الشبلي, DMG Abū Bakr aš-Šiblī ; * 859 also 861 in Baghdad ; † 946 ibid) was a Sufi ( Islamic mystic ), emir , legal scholar and chamberlain . Abū Bakr al-Shiblī was a companion of the Sufis Mansur al-Halladsch and Junaid Baghdadi .

Life

Abū Bakr al-Shiblī was the son of a wealthy court chamberlain. As a legal scholar, he dealt with the interpretation of the Koran and alms tax . After Ash-Shibili saw a dog almost dying of thirst because he shrank from his own reflection in the water, the high-ranking official gave away his estates and 60,000 dinars and sought mystical advice from al-Junaid . He now works impoverished as a sulfur dealer, servant and beggar . In search of Allah he chased himself with sticks, put salt in his eyes and stood daringly on the roof edge of a house.

Overcome with ecstasy , he preached the Koran . In 899 he became Emir of Dunbawand . As a full-bodied, abstaining ascetic , he made a pilgrimage to Mecca . After the death of his son Abu al-Hasan, he cut off his beard . Abū Bakr al-Shiblī was then admitted to a madhouse a total of 22 times. In 922, when his friend al-Hallādsch was being executed, he threw roses instead of stones .

Abū Bakr al-Shiblī was charged by the caliph with murder after a student dropped dead during a lecture. Schibli was acquitted in the process.

Blinded as an old man , he repaid all his debts and died in his home in Baghdad.

He was buried in the Hayzuran Cemetery in Baghdad.

Since Abū Bakr al-Shiblī has only been passed down orally by his students, he became a respected Sufi through his bold deeds and paradoxes .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Ulrich Holbein: Narratorium. 255 images of life. Ammann Verlag , Zurich 2008, ISBN 978-3-250-10523-7 . P. 849.
  2. ↑ a b Ulrich Holbein: I slowly thought of God until God thought of me for a moment : | I went to God without myself. Life pictures of funny dervishes. Synergia Verlag, 2014, ISBN 978-3-944615-16-5 p. 144
personal data
SURNAME Shiblī, Abū Bakr ash-
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Sufi (Islamic mystic)
DATE OF BIRTH 861
DATE OF DEATH 946