al‑Junayd

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Al-Junayd was a seminal 9th-century Sufi master renowned for articulating a sober, intellectually grounded form of Islamic mysticism that deeply shaped later Sufi thought.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf 9th-century person
Baghdadi Sufi
Islamic scholar
Muslim theologian
Sufi mystic
religious leader
associatedWithConcept maʿrifa (gnosis)
sober mysticism
tawhid (divine unity)
associatedWithPlace Baghdad
century 9th century
deathPlace Baghdad
deathYearApproximate 910
denomination Sunni Islam
diedInCentury 10th century
era 9th century
fullName Abu al-Qasim al-Junayd ibn Muhammad
honorific Sayyid al-Taifa
influenced Abu Nasr al-Sarraj
al-Ghazali
al-Hujwiri
al-Qushayri
later Sufi orders
sober Sufi tradition
knownFor articulating a sober form of Sufism
doctrine of baqāʼ (subsistence in God)
doctrine of fanāʼ (annihilation in God)
emphasis on sobriety (sahw) over ecstatic states
influencing later Sufi thought
intellectually grounded Islamic mysticism
systematizing Sufi doctrine
language Arabic
movement Sufism
name al-Junayd
occupation Sufi master
jurist
teacher
region Iraq
relativeOf Sari al-Saqati
religion Islam
residence Baghdad
schoolOfThought sober Sufism
studentOf Sari al-Saqati
al-Harith al-Muhasibi
title Imam of the Sufis
tradition classical Sufism

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al-Junayd ("Abu al-Qasim al-Junayd ibn Muhammad")
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