# Bayazid Bastami

> A 9th-century Persian mystic who spoke of erasing the self so completely that God might speak through the empty space left behind - a claim so audacious it split Islamic mysticism into sober and ecstatic camps.

*9th century Persian Sufi mystic*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/bayazid-bastami

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Educator
- **Category:** Educators
- **Born:** 804
- **Died:** 848
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Bayazid Bastami died in 875, grandson of a Zoroastrian convert, shaped in part by a Hindu teacher from Sindh who introduced him to the concept of self-annihilation. He wandered and taught, left no writings, but his reported utterances - wild declarations of union with the divine - earned him the label of the "drunken" school. He claimed in a dream to have ascended through the seven heavens, mirroring Muhammad's night journey, learning angelic languages as he rose. Early accounts show a man who scorned extreme asceticism yet washed his tongue before chanting God's names, who respected jurists yet spoke lines so ecstatic they sound like deity ventriloquized through flesh. His image proved durable enough that the Naqshbandi order, one of the largest Sufi brotherhoods today, claims him in its lineage.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 55.9 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.7 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 22.8 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #31

## Sources
- [Wikiquote](https://gor.wikiquote.org/wiki/Abu_Yazid_al-Busthami)
- [أبو يزيد البسطامي](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%88_%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A)
- [ابو يزيد البسطامى](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88_%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%89)
- [بایزید بسطامی](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C)
- [Bəyazid Bəstami](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C9%99yazid_B%C9%99stami)
- [বায়েজিদ বোস্তামি](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A6_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF)
- [Abu-Yazid al-Bistamí](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu-Yazid_al-Bistam%C3%AD)
- [بایەزیدی بەستامی](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%95%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%AF%DB%8C_%D8%A8%DB%95%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C)
- [Bāyazīd Bistāmī](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C4%81yaz%C4%ABd_Bist%C4%81m%C4%AB)
- [Bayazid Bastami](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayazid_Bastami)
- [بایزید بسطامی](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C)
- [Bayazid Bastami](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayazid_Bastami)
- [Abu Yazid al-Busthami](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Yazid_al-Busthami)
- [Bayazid Bistami](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayazid_Bistami)
- [Әбу Йазид әл-Бистами](https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D3%98%D0%B1%D1%83_%D0%99%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%B4_%D3%99%D0%BB-%D0%91%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8)
- [Bayezîdê Bestamî](https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayez%C3%AEd%C3%AA_Bestam%C3%AE)
- [بایزید بسطامی](https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C)
- [Bajazeto de Bastã](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bajazeto_de_Bast%C3%A3)
- [Abu Yazid al-Bistami](https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Yazid_al-Bistami)
- [Абу Язид Бистами](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B1%D1%83_%D0%AF%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%B4_%D0%91%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8)
- [بايزيد بسطامي](https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A)
- [Bajazid Bastami](https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bajazid_Bastami)
- [Abu Yazid Al-Busthami](https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Yazid_Al-Busthami)
- [Abu Yazid al-Bistami](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Yazid_al-Bistami)
- [Боязиди Бастомӣ](https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%8F%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B8_%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BC%D3%A3)
- [Bâyezid-i Bistâmî](https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A2yezid-i_Bist%C3%A2m%C3%AE)
- [Wikiquote](https://ar.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%88_%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A)
- [Wikiquote](https://az.wikiquote.org/wiki/B%C9%99yazid_Bistami)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bayazid_Bastami)
- [Wikiquote](https://fa.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C)

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