Al Harith Al Muhasibi

Al-Harith ibn Asad al-Muhasibi al-Baghdadi, one of the ascetics among the theologians, known for worship, renunciation of the world, and exhortation. ²

He was a jurist and theologian, leading in the books of hadith, and learned in the doctrines of the ascetics. He died in 243 AH according to the "Fihrist". He wrote "Kitab al-Tafakkur wa al-I'tibar". Al-Khatib says he had many books on asceticism, the principles of religion, and refutations of the Mu'tazilis. ²