Rudbari Explained

Saint Rudbari
Titles:	Mystic
Birth Date:	c. 850-70 C.E.
Death Date:	c. 933-40 C.E.
Death Place:	Baghdad (?)
Venerated In:	Islam
Influences:	Muhammad, Junayd Baghdadi

Abu Ali al-Rudbari or Abuzer Rudbari (Persian: ابو علی رودباری), known also as Rudbari, was a famous early Persian^[1] sufi saint of the 9th century. He claimed descent from the Sassanid king Anushiravan and was a disciple of Junayd Baghdadi.

Rudbari's statements are recounted in many sayings of the Islamic world. One of his most famous sayings is:

No prison confines more closely than the society of those whose outlook is contrary to one's own.^[2]

See also

• Ma'ruf al-Karkhi
• Junayd of Baghdad
• Sari al-Saqati
• Najm al-Din Kubra
• Shaikh Asiri Lahiji
• Seyyed Qutb al-Din Mohammad Neyrizi
• Abu al-Najib Suhrawardi
• 'Ala' al-Dawla Simnani

Further reading

Murtaza Muṭahharī, "Understanding Islamic sciences: philosophy, theology, mysticism, morality, jurisprudence", ICAS Press, 2002

Notes and References

1. Murtaza Muṭahharī, "Understanding Islamic sciences: philosophy, theology, mysticism, morality, jurisprudence", ICAS Press, 2002
2. Jāmī, Ghazzālī, Idries Shah, "Four Sufi classics ", Published for the Sufi Trust by the Octagon Press, 1980