Sari al-Saqati

Sari al-Saqati
Zarih of Junayd of Baghdad and the smaller wooden zarih of his master Sari al-Saqati
Venerated inIslam
InfluencesMaruf Karkhi
InfluencedJunayd of Baghdad

Sari ibn al-Mughallis al-Saqati (Persian: السري بن المغلس السقطي, romanizedSarī ibn al-Mughallis al-Saqaṭī was one of the early Muslim Sufi saints of Baghdad.[1] He was one of the most influential students of Maruf Karkhi and one of the first to present Sufism (tasawwuf) in a systematic way.[2] He was also a friend of Bishr al-Hafi. He was the maternal uncle and spiritual master of Junayd of Baghdad.[3]

  1. ^ Al-Risala al-Qushayriyya.
  2. ^ Annemarie Schimmel (1980). Handbuch Der Orientalistik. p. 30. ISBN 9004061177.
  3. ^ Al-Ghazali, On Disciplining the Soul and Breaking the Two Desires, Cambridge, Islamic Texts Society, p.221.