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Abu Bakr b. Salim Ba 'Alawi, the saint of 'Aynat

أبو بكر بن سالم باعلوي قطب عينات

c. 17 January 1585 CE · 27 Dhu al-Hijja 992 AH

Abu Bakr b. Salim Ba 'Alawi of 'Aynat — 'sought by visitors from the farthest lands, his miracles carried by every caravan; consensus agreed upon his sainthood'; died Sunday eve 27 Dhu'l-Hijja 992 at 'Aynat, half a stage from Tarim 1.

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Sunni
Era
The Gunpowder Empires
Region
Arabia
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Spirituality and Sufism

Overview

The great wali Shaykh Abu Bakr b. Salim Ba 'Alawi; al-Nur says he was among the singular shaykhs sought by visitors from the farthest lands — settled and nomad alike profited by his blessing, God's servants were steeped in the breaths of his nearness, his wonders and virtues spread to the horizons borne by caravans and companies, and consensus and agreement fell upon his wilaya. He died on the night of Sunday 27 Dhu'l-Hijja at 'Aynat of Hadramawt's villages, half a march from Tarim. 1

People and things also explored

Prophetic adab (proper conduct)· Akhi Baba (title of the guild shaykh and tanners' head)· The angelic and the satanic inspiration (lamma)· Asking people for help (al-masala)· The soul (nafs) and the spirit (ruh)· Tabattul (withdrawal from the world)· Intimacy with God (uns billah)· Certainty and its degrees (yaqin)

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 426
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Prophetic adab (proper conduct)

The body of proper conduct the believer is commanded in his words, deeds and relations with God and His servants; from the formula 'whoever believes in God and the Last Day' in Abu Hurayra's hadith Ibn Rajab derives that these traits are of the traits of iman and that deeds enter into iman, dividing the hadith's three commands into what belongs to God's rights — speaking good or keeping silent — and what belongs to His servants' rights — honouring the neighbour, withholding harm from him and honouring the guest; he transmits Aswad ibn Asram's report of the Prophet's counsel 'do not say with your tongue except what is good and do not extend your hand except to good', and that the tongue's uprightness is of the traits of iman; Abu Amr ibn al-Salah reports from Abu Muhammad ibn Abi Zayd, the Maliki imam of his time, that the conduct of goodness and all its reins branch from four hadiths: speaking good or keeping silent, leaving what does not concern one, 'do not become angry', and loving for one's brother what one loves for oneself.