Abu Bakr al-Shibli

Abu Bakr al-Shibli
Abu Bakr al-Shibli
Personal
Born	247 AH/861 AD, Samarra
Died	334 AH/946 AD, Baghdad
Religion	Islam
Main interest(s)	Sufism, Divine love
Notable idea(s)	Divine love
Muslim leader
	Influenced by Junayd of Baghdad;
	Influenced Abdul Aziz bin Hars bin Asad Yemeni Tamimi, Abul Qasim an-Nasarabadi;

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Abu Bakr al-Shibli (Arabic: أبو بكر الشبلي, romanized: ʾAbū Bakr al-Shiblī; 861–946) was an important Sufi of Persian descent, and a disciple of Junayd al-Baghdadi. He followed the Maliki school of jurisprudence (fiqh).^[1]^[2]

^ "Abu Bakr ash-Shibli — As-Sunnah Foundation of America". sunnah.org. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
^ Leonard Lewisohn, "The Heritage of Sufism: Classical Persian Sufism from its origins to Rumi", the University of Michigan, 1999. pg 53: "Two Persian Sufis – Mansur Hallaj and Abu Bakr Shibli (d. 945), the latter from Samarqand by origin but born origin in Baghdad"

[1] "Abu Bakr ash-Shibli — As-Sunnah Foundation of America". sunnah.org. Retrieved 2022-04-25.

[2] Leonard Lewisohn, "The Heritage of Sufism: Classical Persian Sufism from its origins to Rumi", the University of Michigan, 1999. pg 53: "Two Persian Sufis – Mansur Hallaj and Abu Bakr Shibli (d. 945), the latter from Samarqand by origin but born origin in Baghdad"

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