Al-Harith ibn Asad al-Muhasibi 'alayhi al-rahmah wa'l-ridwan (d.243H/858CE)
He was one of the earliest author of Sufi treatises and the teacher of JUNAYD AL-BAGHDADI, ABD 'AL-QAHIR AL-BAGHDADI, TAJ AL-DIN AL-SUBKI, and
Jamal al-Din al-Isnawi Allah be pleased with them all all reiterate the
statement whereby "Upon the books of al-Harith ibn Asad al-Muhasibi on
kalam, fiqh, and hadith rest those among us who are mutakallimfaqih
(jurist), and sufi."1 His extant works are: (theologian),faqih (jurist), and sufi."1 His extant works are:
2] Al-Subki mentions it in Tabaqat al-shafi'iyya. A copy of it is found at the Chester Beatty Library, ms. 3184
- Kitab al-ri'aya li huquq Allah (Book of observance of the rights of Allah); Shaykh al-Islam al-'Izz ibn 'Abd al-Salam wrote an abridgment of it.2
- Kitab al-tawahhum (Book of imagination), a description of the Day of Judgment;
- Kitab al-khalwa (Book of seclusion);
- Risalat al-mustarshidin (Treatise for those who ask for guidance);
- Kitab al-ri'aya li-huquq Allah (Book of the observance of the rights of Allah);
- Kitab fahm al-Qur'an (Book of the understanding of Qur'an);
- Kitab mahiyyat al-'aql wa ma`nahu wa ikhtilaf al-nas fihi (Book of the nature and meaning of the mind and the differences among people concerning it);
- Al-Masa'il fi a'mal al-qulub wa al-jawarih wa al-'aql (The questions concerning the works of the hearts, the limbs, and the mind);
- Kitab al-'azama (The book of magnificence);
- Al-Wasaya wa al-nasa'ih al-diniyya wa al-nafahat al-qudsiyya li naf'i jami' al-bariyya (The spiritual legacies and counsels and the sanctified gifts for the benefit of all creatures).
2] Al-Subki mentions it in Tabaqat al-shafi'iyya. A copy of it is found at the Chester Beatty Library, ms. 3184
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