Rābiʼa al-ʼAdawiyya al-Qaysiyya (Arabic: رابعة العدوية القيسية; c. 716 – 801 CE) [1] or Rabia Basri was a poet, one of the earliest Sufi mystics and an influential religious figure from Iraq. [2] She is regarded as one of the three preeminent Qalandars of the world. [3]

Rabia al-Adawiyya Rābiʻa al-ʻAdawiyya al-Qaysiyya (Arabic: رابعة العدوية القيسية) or simply Rabiʿa al-Basri (717–801 C.E. ) was a female Muslim Sufi saint, considered by some to be the first true saint in the Sufi tradition.

A Muslim saint and Sufi mystic, Rabi’a al-Basri was born around 717 CE in Basra, in present-day Iraq. Enslaved as a young girl, she was eventually freed and pursued a life of prayer. Through her teachings and a number of miracles, she became an important figure in mystical Islam.

Sufi Biography: Rabia Basri (Rabe a al-Adawiya) Rabia bint Esmail al-Adawiya, born in humble circumstances and sold into slavery as a child, later settled in Basra where she attained great fame as a saint and a preacher and was highly esteemed by many of her pious contemporaries.

Rābiʻa al-ʻAdawiyya al-Qaysiyya or simply Rabiʿa al-Basri (717–801) was a Sufi mystic who lived in the eighth century. She was regarded as the first female saint of Sufism, the mystical tradition of Islam.

Feb 13, 2024 · Rābiʻa al-ʻAdawiyya al-Qaysiyya or simply Rabiʿa al-Basri (717–801) was a Sufi mystic who lived in the eighth century. She was regarded as the first female saint of Sufism, the mystical tradition of Islam.

Rabia Al Basria is the most famous and perhaps the first female Sufi saint of Islam. She was born in Basra, a sea port in southern Iraq in 97 A.H. Her father was Ismail Basri. Literally, the word „Rabia’ means „fourth‟. Since she was the fourth daughter of her parents she was named so. Her father died when she was not even 10 years old.

Jan 16, 2019 · Rābiʻa al-ʻAdawiyya al-Qaysiyya (Arabic: رابعة العدوية القيسية‎) or simply Rabiʿah al-Basri (Arabic: رابعة البصري‎) was a female Muslim saint and Sufi mystic. Not much is known about Rabia al Basri, except that she lived in Basra in Iraq, in the second half of the 8th century AD.

Rabia al Basri (717–801) is one of the first female Sufi Poets who helped to leave a rich teaching of Divine love through her mystical poetry.

Rābia al-Adawiyya al-Qaysiyya (Arabic: رابعة العدوية القيسية; 717 – 801 AD) was a female Muslim saint and Sufi mystic. She was born in Basra, and is therefore also called Rābia al-Basrī (Arabic: رابعة البصري). She was the fourth daughter of her family and therefore named Rābi’a, meaning "fourth".