Islamic History · July 1, 2026

Ibrāhīm b. Shaybān al-Karmikīnī

He was a shaykh of the Sufis in the Jabal region. He befriended Abū ʿAbdillāh al-Maghribī. One of his beautiful sayings is as follows: "If fear enters and settles in the qalb (heart), it burns the places of shahwa …

He was a shaykh of the Sufis in the Jabal region. He befriended Abū ʿAbdillāh al-Maghribī. One of his beautiful sayings is as follows: "If fear enters and settles in the qalb (heart), it burns the places of shahwa (desire) in the qalb and drives away the qalb's inclination towards the world."