Bayazid Bastami

Also known as Bayazid Bistami, Abu Yazid al- Bistami

9th century Persian Sufi mystic

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Vinony files it under 804 births, 874 deaths and 9th-century Iranian people.

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Key facts

Born: 804 CE, Bastam , Qumis region, Abbasid Caliphate (modern Bastam, Semnan Province, Iran)
Died: 874 CE , Bastam , Kumis area , Abbasid Caliphate (Present-day Semnan province of Iran )
Era: Abbasid Era ( Islamic Golden Age )
Region: Western Asia
School: Sunni Sufi Naqshbandi
Main interests: Mysticism , Philosophy
Notable ideas: Sukr ( see→ )

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Abbasid Caliphate
Place of birth: Bastam
Place of death: Bastam District
Occupation: teacher
Languages spoken: Arabic
Religion: Islam
Student of: Yahya ibn Mu'adh al-Razi
Image: Abu yazid.png

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date of birth: 0804-01-01
lifestyle: mysticism
culture: Greater Iran
date of death: 0846-04-16
Commons category: Bayazid Bastami
name in native language: بایزید بسطامی

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Encyclopedic overview

Bāyazīd Basṭāmī, (d. 875), commonly known as the Sultān-ul-Ārifīn (King of Those Who Know) was a Persian Sufi who became famous for his bold articulation of fanāʾ–the Sufi notion of self-annhilation.

Many "ecstatic utterances" (شطحات shatˤħāt) have been attributed to Bisṭāmī, which lead to him being known as the "drunken" or "ecstatic" (Arabic: سُكْر, sukr) school of Islamic mysticism. Such utterance may be argued as, Bisṭāmī died with mystical union and the deity is speaking through his tongue. Bisṭāmī also claimed to have ascended through the seven heavens in his dream. His journey, known as the Mi'raj of Bisṭāmī, is clearly patterned on the Mi'raj of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Bisṭāmī is characterized in three different ways: a free thinking radical, a pious Sufi who is deeply concerned with following the shari'a and engaging in "devotions beyond the obligatory," and a pious individual who is presented as having a dream similar to the Mi'raj of Muhammed. The Mi'raj of Bisṭāmī seems as if Bisṭāmī is going through a self journey; as he ascends through each heaven, Bisṭāmī is gaining knowledge in how he communicates with the angels (e.g. languages and gestures) and the number of angels he encounters increases.

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