al-Harith al-Muhasibi

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al-Harith al-Muhasibi was a 9th-century Muslim theologian and early Sufi master known for his influential writings on self-accountability, ethics, and spiritual psychology in Islamic mysticism.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ascetic
Hadith scholar
Islamic mystic
Islamic scholar
Muslim theologian
Sufi master
Sunni Muslim
associatedWith Baghdad school of Sufism
birthDate c. 781
birthPlace Basra
Iraq
conceptDeveloped muhasaba (self-accounting before God)
criticizedBy Ahmad ibn Hanbal
deathDate c. 857
deathPlace Baghdad
Iraq
denomination Sunni
linked to: Sunni Islam
era 9th century
Islamic Golden Age
field Islamic mysticism
Islamic theology
ethics in Islam
fullName Abu Abd Allah al-Harith ibn Asad al-Muhasibi
linked to: Al-Muhasibi
influenced Islamic spiritual psychology
al-Ghazali
linked to: al‑Ghazali

al-Junayd al-Baghdadi
later Sufi ethics
influencedBy Hasan al-Basri
early Basran ascetics
knownAs al-Harith al-Muhasibi
knownFor early Sufi psychology
ethical and spiritual introspection
influence on early Sufism
writings on self-accountability
language Arabic
mainInterest Islamic theology (kalam)
linked to: Islamic kalam

Sufism
ethics
spiritual psychology
movement early Sufism
notableWork Kitab al-Muhasaba
Kitab al-Ri'aya li-Huquq Allah
Kitab al-Wasaya
Risalat al-Mustarshidin
religion Islam
teachingFocus fear and hope in God
inner intentions versus outward actions
purification of the heart
sincerity (ikhlas)

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al-Junayd studentOf al-Harith al-Muhasibi
subject linked to: al‑Junayd
al-Qushayri influencedBy al-Muhasibi
linked to: al-Harith al-Muhasibi
al-Harith al-Muhasibi knownAs al-Harith al-Muhasibi