Shaqiq al-Balkhi

Shaqiq al-Balkhi (Arabic: شقيق البلخي; d. 810 / AH 194) was an early Sufi saint^[1][2] of the Khorasan school. Tradition makes him the disciple of Ibrahim ibn Adham. He emphasized the importance of tawakkul or reliance upon God. Some sources state he was a teacher of Bayezed Bistami.

Shaqiq al-Balkhi
Born	8th Century Balkh
Died	810 CE
Venerated in	Islam
Influences	Ibrahim ibn Adham, Rabia Basri
Influenced	Hatim al Assam and Other saints in Basra

He was a student of Abu Hanifa and a lifelong companion of his classmate and later Abbasid chief justice Abu Yusuf.^[3]

References

1. Arberry, A.J., Muslim Saints and Mystics: Episodes from the Tadhkirat Al-Auliya’ ('Memorial of the Saints'). Abridged from Tadhkirat Al-Auliya by Farid al-Din Attar. London, England.: Penguin (Non-Classics), 1990.
2. "Tawakkul" in: Oliver Leaman (ed.) The Qur'an: an encyclopedia, Routledge, 2008, ISBN 978-1-134-33975-4
3. Madelung, Wilferd (1982). "The early Murji'a in Khurāsān and Transoxania and the spread of Ḥanafism". Der Islam. 59 (1). doi:10.1515/islm.1982.59.1.32. ISSN 0021-1818.