Shaqiq al-Balkhi | |
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Born | 8th Century Balkh |
Died | 810 CE |
Venerated in | Islam |
Influences | Ibrahim ibn Adham, Rabia Basri |
Influenced | Hatim al Assam and Other saints in Basra |
Shaqiq al-Balkhi ( Arabic: شقيق البلخي; d. 810 / AH 194) was an early Sufi saint [1] [2] of the Khorasan school. Tradition makes him the disciple of Ibrahim ibn Adham. He emphasized the importance of tawakkul or reliance upon God.
He was a student of Abu Hanifa and a lifelong companion of his classmate and later Abbasid chief justice Abu Yusuf. [3]