Ibrahim al-Shadhili al-Misri

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Shaykh Ibrahim al-Shadhili al-Misri, one of the well-known Sufi shaykhs of Egypt. Sultan Qansuh al-Ghuri had complete faith in him ¹.

He often provided for people from the unseen, and he was trained at home by Shaykh Abu al-Mawahib al-Tunisi, author of the "Qawanin". He combined the two forms of training. He appeared to many people who were pious and compassionate, and no harm escaped his prayers ¹.

He died in the year 914 ¹.

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.

Ibrahim al-Shadhili al-Misri

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