al-Muhasibi
Al-Muḥāsibī (Arabic: المحاسبي) (781–857 CE) was a Muslim Arab, theologian, philosopher and ascetic. He is considered to be the founder of the Baghdad School of Islamic philosophy which combined Kalam and Sufism, and a teacher of the Sufi masters Junayd al-Baghdadi and Sirri Saqti.
al-Ḥārith al-Muhāsibī المحاسبي | |
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| Born | 781 CE 170 AH Basra, Abbasid Caliphate (now Basra, Basra Governorate, Iraq) |
| Died | 857 CE (aged 73) 243 AH Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate |
| Religion | Islam |
| Era | Islamic Golden Age |
| Region | Abbasid Caliphate |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Shafi'i |
| Creed | Kullabi |
| Main interest(s) | Sufism, Aqidah, Kalam (Islamic Theology) |
| Notable idea(s) | Baghdad School of Islamic philosophy, Muhasabah |
| Notable work(s) | Kitab al-Khalwa, Kitab al-Ri`aya li-huquq Allah, Kitab al-Wasaya |
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His full name is Abu Abdullah Harith bin Asad bin Abdullah al-Anizi al-Basri, and he hailed from the Arab Anazzah tribe. He was born in Basra in about 781. Muhasibi means self-inspection or audit. He was a founder of what later became the mainstream Sufi doctrine, and influenced many subsequent theologians, such as al-Ghazali.
The author of approximately 200 works, he wrote about theology and Tasawwuf (Sufism), among them Kitab al-Khalwa and Kitab al-Ri`aya li-huquq Allah ("Obeying God's Permits").