Rabia Basri Quotes

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I want to put out the fires of Hell, and burn down the rewards of Paradise. They block the way to Allah. I do not want to worship from fear of punishment or for the promise of reward, but simply for the love of Allah.

Rabia Basri

I so detached my heart from the world and cut short my hopes that for thirty years now I have performed each prayer as though it were my last and I were praying the prayer of farewell.

Rabia Basri

Rabia Basri

Rabia Basri

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Born: 717

Died: 801 (aged 84)

Bio: Rābiʻa al-ʻAdawiyya al-Qaysiyya was a female Muslim saint and Sufi mystic. She is known in some parts of the world as Hazrat Bibi Rabia Basri, or simply Rabia Basri.

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