Bishr al-Hafi

Bishr ibn al-Harith al-Hafi al-Marwazi (150–227 H/767–842 M) adalah one dari great zahids dari Bagdad di klasik periode dan figure revered di both ulamaly dan tradisi Sufis. Ia adalah called al-Hafi — " barefooted one" — because he refused ke wear shoes out dari feeling dari reverence untuk earth, yang he dianggap Allah's creation deserving dari respect. Ia adalah dari Marw di Khurasan dan came ke Bagdad as young man.

His early life reportedly included some dissipation, dan his repentance came melalui dramatic encounter: he found paper pada ground dengan name dari Allah pada it, picked it up, purchased some perfume dengan money he begged, perfumed paper, dan placed it reverently di clean location. That night he reportedly heard voice saying: "You honored My name; I akan honor your name di this dunia dan next." Whether this account adalah literal atau constructed hagiographically, it marks beginning dari his zahid life.

He meriwayatkan hadith dari Hushayim ibn Bashir, Sufyan ibn Uyayna, Imam Malik, dan others. Ahmad ibn Hanbal memiliki great respect untuk him dan frequently praised him, saying he knew tidak one more complete di all aspects than Bishr. His hadith riwayats adalah found di collections dari Abu Dawud dan others.

He never married, ate minimally, refused gifts dari rulers dan wealthy people, dan avoided public prominence throughout kehidupannya. His sayings pada sincerity (ikhlas), danger dari ostentation di ibadah, dan essence dari kesalehan adalah among most quoted di Sufi literature. He wafat di Bagdad di 227 H dan adalah buried there, dengan Ahmad ibn Hanbal among those yang led his funeral shalat.