Rābi'a the Mystic — and Her Fellow-Saints in Islam

Margaret Smith (1928)

The standard study of Rābi'a al-'Adawiyya of Basra and the women saints of early Islam.

The complete text in 20 sections, 344 pages in the print edition. Public domain and free to read.

• RABI’A THE MYSTIC
• In Memoriam A. A. S. Preface
• I. The Place of Women among the Sufis Rabi’a al-‘Adawiyya: Her Birth and Early Years
• II. Rabi’a’s Choice of Celibacy Her Associates
• III. Asceticism Rabi’a’s Asceticism and Her Prayer-Life
• IV. The Miracles of the Muslim Saints Rabi’a’s Miracles
• V. The Declining Years and Death Rabi’a’s Illnesses and Death
• VI. The Sufi Doctrine
• VII. Repentance, Patience, Gratitude
• VIII. Hope and Fear
• IX. Poverty, Renunciation, Unification, Dependence
• X. Love, Gnosis, the Vision, Union
• XI. The Position of Woman in Muslim Lands In Pre-Islamic and Early Islamic Times
• XII. The Position Attained by the Woman Saint
• XIII. Celibacy and the Monastic Life
• XIV. The Communion of Saints
• XV. The Cult of Women Saints in Modern Islam
• List of Authors Quoted
• Survey of Sources
• ABOUT THIS EDITION