Rabia Basri

Rābiʼa al-ʼAdawiyya al-Qaysiyya
Depiction of Rabiʼa grinding grain from a Persian dictionary
Bornbetween 714 and 718 CE
Died801 CE
Academic background
InfluencesHasan of Basra
Academic work
Era
Main interestsSufism, Asceticism, Divine love
Notable ideasDivine love

Rābiʼa al-ʼAdawiyya al-Qaysiyya (Arabic: رابعة العدوية القيسية; c. 716 – 801 CE)[1] was a poet, one of the earliest Sufi mystics and an influential religious figure.[2] She is known in some parts of the world as Hazrat Rabia Basri, Rabia Al Basri or simply Rabia Basri.[3]

  1. ^ Margaret Smith (1995). Encyclopedia of Islam, 2nd ed., Vol. 8, "Rābiʼa al-ʼAdawiyya al-Qaysiyya". Brill. pp. 354–56.
  2. ^ Smith, Margaret (2010). Rabi'a The Mystic and Her Fellow-Saints in Islam. Cambridge University Press. p. 252. ISBN 9781108015912.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hanif was invoked but never defined (see the help page).