Bashr bin Harith was asked why he did not teach. ‘I have stopped teaching because I find that I have a desire to teach [which makes my Ego happy]. When this compulsion passes, I shall teach of my own free will [for benefit of students]. Read lives of more than 50 Sufi Saints at http://bit.ly/2ZV7oRx , which include: ● Mevlana Jalaludin Rumi ● Farid ud Din Attar ● Rabia Basri ● Mansoor al Hallaj ● Hasan of Basra ● Bayazid Bestami ● Al-Fozail ibn Iyaz ● Habib al-Ajami ● Malek ibn Dinar ● Ebrahim ibn Adham ● Beshr Ibn al-Hareth ● Dhol-Nun al-Mesri ● Abd Allah Ibn al-Mobarak ● Shaqiq of Balkh ● Dawud al-Tai ● Al-Mohasebi ● Ahmad Ibn Harb ● Hatem al Asamm ● Sahl Ibn Abd Allah al-Tostari ● Maruf al-Karkhi ● Sari al-Saqati ● Yahya Ibn Moadh ● Shah Ibn Shoja ● Yusof Ibn al-Hosain ● Abu Hafs al-Haddad ● Abol-Qasem al-Jonaid ● Amr Ibn Othman ● Abu Sa�id al-Kharraz ● Abul-Hosain al-Nuri ● Abu Othman al-Hiri ● Ibn Ata ● Somnun ● al-Termedhi ● Khair al-Nassaj ● Abu Bakr al-Kattani ● Ibn Khafif ● Ebrahim al-Khauwas ● Al-Shebli #sufism

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