A Muslim Convert Once Before

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ As recorded in Imam Abu al-Qasim ‘Abd al-Karim ibn Huzan al-Qushayri’s ( r.a. ) Risalah al-Qushayriyyah , Shaykh Abu Muhammad Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Husayn al-Jurayri ( q.s. ) was one of the greatest companions of Imam Abu al-Qasim al-Junayd ibn Muhammad al-Baghdadi, ( q.s. ).   He studied with Imam Abu Muhammad Sahl ibn ‘Abdullah at-Tustari ( r.a. ), and was appointed as successor to Imam al-Junayd ( q.s. ).   He was knowledgeable in the sciences of this community, and possessed an advanced spiritual state.   He passed away in 311.   Shaykh Abu ‘Abdallah Muhammad ibn al-Khafif ash-Shirazi ( q.s. ) said that he heard from Shaykh Abu ‘Ali Ahmad ibn ‘Atha’ ar-Rudbari ( r.a. ), “al-Jurayri died in the year of al-Habir.   One year later, I passed by that place, and saw him sitting there leaning, his knee to his breast, and finger pointing to God.”   Imam al-Qushayri ( r.a. ) also said that he heard from Imam Abu ‘A...

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ As recorded in Imam Abu al-Qasim ‘Abd al-Karim ibn Huzan al-Qushayri’s ( r.a. ) Risalah al-Qushayriyyah , on Shaykh Abu Muhammad Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Husayn al-Jurayri ( q.s. ), that Shaykh Abu ‘Abdallah Muhammad ibn al-Khafif ash-Shirazi ( q.s. ) said that he heard from Shaykh Abu ‘Ali Ahmad ibn ‘Atha’ ar-Rudbari ( r.a. ), “al-Jurayri died in the year of al-Habir.  One year later, I passed by that place, and saw him sitting there leaning, his knee to his breast, and finger pointing to God.”

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Imam Abu al-Qasim ‘Abd al-Karim ibn Huzan al-Qushayri ( r.a. ) recorded, in his Risalah al-Qushayriyyah , that Shaykh Abu Muhammad Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Husayn al-Jurayri ( q.s. ) said, on the shari’ah , “One observes the fundamentals by implementing its branches, and one tests the soundness of the branches, by comparing them to the fundamentals.  One will never attain to the station of the contemplation of the fundamentals unless one holds in high regard the means and the branches. For Allah ( s.w.t. ) has Elevated the latter to a high position.”