OverviewA woman remembered in Sufi tradition for deep love of God.CategoryScholarPeriodBirth date unknown · d. c. 801 CE
Her place in historyShe is associated with the religious communities of Basra. Later Sufi writers made her an important example of devotion.Source: TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam — Rabi‘a al-Adawiyya
A memorable ideaStories attributed to her describe loving God beyond the hope of reward. Many were written later, so they should not all be treated as eyewitness accounts.Source: TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam — Rabi‘a al-Adawiyya
SourcesOriginal summaries of the cited sources. Qur’anic accounts, later traditions and historical estimates are distinguished; brief profiles do not settle scholarly disagreements.TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam — Rabi‘a al-Adawiyya
