al-Wasiti (Ibn al-Farghani)

محمد بن موسى الواسطي ابن الفرغاني

c. 320 AH

Abu Bakr al-Wasiti of Farghana, among the earliest companions of al-Junayd, resident of Marw; his own complaint survives — 'I am afflicted with an age that has neither the manners of Islam, nor the ethics of the Jahiliyya, nor the code of men of honor.' Al-Sulami places his death after 320 1.

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The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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Abu Bakr al-Wasiti — originally from Farghana in Khurasan, and known as Ibn al-Farghani — was among the earliest companions of al-Junayd and settled at Marw. Muhammad ibn 'Abd Allah al-Wa'iz said: I heard Abu Bakr ibn Musa al-Farghani say: I have been afflicted with an age that has neither the manners of Islam, nor the ethics of the Jahiliyya, nor the ethics of men of honor. Al-Sulami said he died after 320. 1

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  1. al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , p. 262
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