Shaqiq al-Balkhi explained

Shaqiq al-Balkhi
Birth Date:	8th Century
Birth Place:	Balkh
Death Date:	810 CE
Venerated In:	Islam
Influences:	Ibrahim ibn Adham, Rabia Basri
Influenced:	Hatim al Assam and Other saints in Basra

Shaqiq al-Balkhi (; d. 810 / AH 194) was an early Sufi saint^{[1] [2]} of the Khorasan school.Tradition makes him the disciple of Ibrahim ibn Adham.He emphasized the importance of tawakkul or reliance upon God. Some sources state he was a teacher of Bayezed Bistami.

He was a student of Abu Hanifa and a lifelong companion of his classmate and later Abbasid chief justice Abu Yusuf.^[3]

Notes and References

1. [A.J. Arberry|Arberry, A.J.]
2. "Tawakkul" in: Oliver Leaman (ed.) The Qur'an: an encyclopedia, Routledge, 2008,
3. Madelung . Wilferd . 1982 . The early Murji'a in Khurāsān and Transoxania and the spread of Ḥanafism . Der Islam . 59 . 1 . 10.1515/islm.1982.59.1.32 . 0021-1818.