Sayyid As Syaikh Imam Abu Yazid Al Bastomi
May Allah Be Well Pleased With Him "I have planted love in my heart and shall not be distracted until Judgment Day. You have wounded my heart when You came near me. My desire grows, my love is bursting. He has poured me a sip to drink. He has quickened my heart with the cup of love Which he has filled at the ocean of friendship." Attributed to Bayazid. His Life Bayazid's grandfather was a Zoroastrian from Persia. Bayazid made a detailed study of the statutes of Islamic law (shari`a) and practiced a strict regimen of self-denial (zuhd). All his life he was assiduous in the practice of his religious obligations and in observing voluntary worship. He urged his students (murids) to put their affairs in the hands of Allah and he encouraged them to accept sincerely the pure doctrine of tawhid (the Oneness of God). This doctrine consisted of five essentials: to keep the obligations according to the Qur'an and Sunnah, to always speak the truth, to keep the...