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Hadhrat Rabi'ah Al-Basri Rahmatullah 'Alaiha The Sufi Women
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Hadhrat Maulawi Jalaluddin Ahmad Ar-Rowi 'Ufiyallahu 'Anhu Wali Walidaihi 
RABI'AH AL-BASRI THE SUFI WOMAN
By:
Hadhrat Maulawi Jalaluddin Ahmad Ar-Rowi
'Ufiyallahu 'Anhu Wali Walidaihi Wali Jami'il Muslimin
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Bismillahir Rahmaanir Rahiim.
 Nahmaduhu Wa Nusolli Wa Nusallimu 'Ala Rasulihil KarimWa 'Ala Man Ittaba'ahu Bi Ihsanin Ila Yaumi Ad-Din, Amma Ba'du;
INTRODUCTION
We praise Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, The Almighty and We pray mayHe bestows the blessings and salutations upon His Holy Prophet, His Messenger,Hadhrat Sayyidina Wa Mawlana Muhammad Abdullah Mustafa RasulullahSallallahu 'Alaihi Wa 'Ala Alihi Wa Sahbihi Wa Baraka Wa Sallam and to thosewho follows him with good intention and deeds until the day of Resurrections.This humble and poor servant of Allah, Jalaluddin Ahmad Ar-Rowi An-Naqshbandi Al-Mujaddidi has been requested to write some words regarding theworldwide well known Mystical Sufi women, Hadhrat Rabi'ah Al-'Adawiyah Al-Qaysiyah Al-Basri Rahmatullah 'Alaiha. She was a Tabi' Tabi'in i.e thecompanions of the followers of the Companions of the Holy Prophet MuhammadRasulullah Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wasallam.She was a Murid of a great Syeikh during her time, Hadhrat KhwajahHassan Al-Basri Rahmatullah 'Alaih who was a very pious and holy personamongst the Tabi'in i.e the followers of the Companions of the Holy ProphetMuhammad Rasulullah Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wasallam. Other prominent Sufis wholive during her time were Hadhrat Malik Bin Dinar Rahmatullah 'Alaih, HadhratSufyan Ats-Tsauri Rahmatullah 'Alaih and Hadhrat Ibrahim Bin AdhamRahmatullah 'Alaih.Rabiah literally means "The Fourth". She was given such a name becauseshe was the fourth daughter of a pious and poor family. It is believed until thesedays that she was the first who set forth the Divine Love doctrine and beingconsidered as one of the most important personality amongst the Sufis. She wasalso well known for her beautiful poems and wonderful miracles.
 
Hadhrat Rabi'ah Al-Basri Rahmatullah 'Alaiha The Sufi Women
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Hadhrat Maulawi Jalaluddin Ahmad Ar-Rowi 'Ufiyallahu 'Anhu Wali Walidaihi 
She is a true Saint of Allah who really considers herself as a weak servantof Him. She achieved the state of self-realization. She had shown the way for thewomen to gain the sainthood. The dignity of sainthood is not only achievable justby the men but also achievable by the women. In the sainthood, there arecomplete equality between men and women that both can become saints if theywant to do some efforts to know their Creator and their selves and pay theobedience to The Creator.For those who pay their obedience to Allah The Ultimate Creator until Heis pleased with him or her, they will sooner or later become His friends. HadhratRabi'ah Rahmatullah 'Alaiha was considered as one of the friend of Allah whoonly seeks for the Divine union with His presence. She was the first true Saint ofIslam and was praised, not because of her representing womankind, but becauseas someone said,“When a woman walks in the Way of Allah like a man she cannot be calleda woman.”The goal of the Sufi quest was union with the Divine, and the Sufi seekerafter God, having renounced this world and its attraction being purged of Selfand its desires, inflamed with a passion of love of God, journeyed ever onward,looking toward the final purpose, through the life of illumination, with itsecstasies and raptures, and the higher life of contemplation, until at last heachieved the heavenly gnosis and attained to the Vision of God, in which thelover might become one with the Beloved, and abide in Him for ever. Such aconception of the relations between the saint and his Lord left no room for thedistinction of sex. In the spiritual life there could be 'neither male nor female'. Allwhom God had called to be saints could attain, by following the Path, to unionwith Himself, and all who attained, would have their royal rank, as spiritualbeings, in the world to come.Let us get to know her in this brief writings because by knowing herbiography and her sayings will make us understand what love really means in therelations between Allah and His servants. Let us dive into her divine oceans oflove with Allah and gain some wisdom and teachings from this great SufiMasteress. May Allah bless her and bless us with the oceans of love that He hadbestowed upon her.Hadhrat Khwajah Fariduddin Attar Rahmatullah 'Alaih, to prove that saintship may be found in woman as naturally as in a man, says:The holy prophets have laid it down that 'God does not look upon youroutward forms'. It is not the outward form that matters, but the inner purpose ofthe heart, as the Prophet said, 'The people are assembled (on the day of Judgement) according to the purposes of their hearts' … So also Abbas of Tus saidthat when on the Day of Resurrection the summons goes forth, 'O men', the firstperson to set foot in that class of men (i.e. those who are the enter Paradise) will
 
Hadhrat Rabi'ah Al-Basri Rahmatullah 'Alaiha The Sufi Women
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Hadhrat Maulawi Jalaluddin Ahmad Ar-Rowi 'Ufiyallahu 'Anhu Wali Walidaihi 
be Mary, upon whom be peace… The true explanation of this fact (that womencount for as much as men among the saints) is that wherever these people, theSufis, are, they have no separate existence in the Unity of God. In the Unity, whatremains of the existence of 'I' or 'thou'? So how can 'man' or 'women' continue tobe? So too, Hadhrat Abu Ali Farmadhi Rahmatullah 'Alaih said,"Prophecy is the essence, the very being of power and sublimity.Superiority and inferiority do not exist in it. Undoubtedly saintship is of the sametype."
HADHRAT RABI'AH BINTI ISMA'IL AL-'ADAWIYAHAL-QAYSIYAH AL-BASRI RAHMATULLAH 'ALAIHIMA
She was born in Basrah, Iraq between the years 95 A.H. and 99 A.H. about717 C.E. Her full name is Rabi'ah Ar-Rabi' Binti Isma'il Al-'Adawiyah Al-QaysiyahAl-Basri Rahmatullah 'Alaihima, may Allah bless her and her father.Her father, Hadhrat Isma'il Rahmatullah 'Alaih was a very pious man andafter he gets married, he and his wife went to the edge of the desert not far fromthe town of Iraq to make a living. Through his blessed marriage, Allah hadbestowed him four daughters. The first daughter he named Rabi'ah, the seconddaughter he named Rabi'ah Ats-Tsaniah, the third daughter ne named Rabi'ahAts-Tsalatsah and the fourth daughter he named Rabi'ah Ar-Rabi'ah who was tobecome a true lover of Allah. Hadhrat Isma'il Rahmatulah 'Alaih and his familywas so poor that on the night Hadhrat Rabi'ah Ar-Rabi'ah Rahmatullah 'Alaihawas born there was not even a drop of oil available in their house to light thehouse and to anoint the navel of the newborn daughter and there was no anycloth to wrap the baby.His wife told him to go to their neighbour's house to ask for some oil butHadhrat Isma'il Rahmatullah 'Alaih had already made a promise that he willnever ask anything from the creations except Allah but to please his wife, so hewent out to his neighbour's door and he starts knocking the door. He ran back tohis house just before the door was opened to him without saying or askinganything from his neighbour. He went back and said to his wife that theirneighbour did not open the door. His wife wept bitterly and Hadhrat Isma'ilRahmatullah 'Alaih starts to feel full of anxiety due to his incapability in handlingthat critical situation. Hadhrat Isma'il Rahmatullah 'Alaih put his head on hisknees and then fell asleep.In his sleep, he dreamed of the Holy Prophet Muhammad RasulullahSallallahu 'Alaihi Wasallam, may Allah's blessings and salutations be upon him,appeared to him and said,
"Do not be sad. Your newly born daughter is a favourite of Allah andshall lead many Muslims to the right path. The baby girl who has just born is a
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Spiritus Mundi

very interesting. i have read her poems in Arabic but it's good to see it coming alive in another language. :)

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