Rabi'ah al-Adawiyyah, Woman saint of Basra: Scholar in Islamic History

Scholar

ScholarWoman saint of Basra

Rabi'ah al-Adawiyyahرابعة العدوية

c. 717-801 CE (traditional)Traditional date, disputedBasra

A freed slave of Basra who taught that God should be worshipped out of love alone.

Tradition says she was sold into slavery as a child and freed because of her devotion. She lived in poverty, turned down marriage and wealth, and is remembered for prayers of love for God, not fear of Hell or hope of Paradise alone.

What grew out of it?

Her love-centred devotion became a lasting theme of Sufi poetry.

Who else is linked?

Basra Attar of Nishapur

Who lived at the same time?

Al-Mansur Al-Saffah Marwan ibn Muhammad Abd al-Rahman I Yazid ibn al-Walid Ibrahim ibn al-Walid Al-Walid ibn Yazid Al-Mahdi

Source: history · Wikipedia

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