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Red Sulphur

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Translator’s Introduction: The author of this short treatise, ‘Abd Allah Ibn Abi Bakr al-‘Aydarus, known as al-’Aydarus al-Akbar, to differentiate him from his son al-’Aydarus al-’Adani, was born in the year 811 AH/1408 CE. He was raised by his uncle Shaykh ‘Umar al-Mihdar, following the death of both his father, when he was eight years old, and of his grandfather, who subsequently took care of him after the death of his father, when he was ten years old. Apart from his uncle Shaykh ‘Umar, from whom he benefitted greatly, he studied under a group of jurists and Sufis and excelled in three of the disciplines of the Sacred Law: Qur’anic exegesis, Hadith, and Islamic law. He taught both the exoteric and esoteric sciences and scores of students graduated at his hands, many of whom went on to become great authorities in their own right, among them his brother Shaykh ‘Ali and his three sons.

Upon the death of his uncle, he was chosen as the spiritual head of the Ba ‘Alawis. He was then only twenty-five years old, which attests to his tremendous spiritual maturity and vast erudition. ‘Abd Allah Ibn Abi Bakr al-’Aydarus died on the way back to Tarim, after visiting al-Shihr, on 12 Ramadan in the year 865 AH/1462 CE at the age of fifty-four and wasburied less than two days later in Tarim. His son Abu Bakr replaced him as the spiritual leader of the Ba ʻAlawis’Alawis.

Page No 33 about The Second Station: Scrupulousness (Wara‘):Shaykh Ibrahim ibn Adham travelled from Jerusalem to Basra to return one single date, whereas Abu Yazid (Bayazid) al-Bistami travelled from Bistam to Hamadan to return an ant he found in some safflower he bought from there, explaining that he made it an exile from its birthplace

• Date: 2015
• Book Topics/Themes: Sufi Path, Spiritualism, Spiritual Stations, Sufism, Bayazid Bastami

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