Shaqiq al-Balkhi

Shaqiq al-Balkhi (Arabic: شقيق البلخي; d. 810 / AH 194) was an early Sufi saint[1][2] of the Khorasan school.

Tradition makes him the disciple of Ibrahim ibn Adham.

He emphasized the importance of tawakkul or reliance upon God.

Some sources state he was a teacher of Bayazid Bastami.

He was a student of Abu Hanifa and a lifelong companion of his classmate and later Abbasid chief justice Abu Yusuf.