#Fatima of Nishapur

[majestativa]

Abū Yazīd al-Bisṭāmī said: “In all of my life, I have only seen one true man and one true woman. The woman was Fāṭima of Nishapur. There was no station (on the way) about which I spoke with her, but that she had already experienced it herself.”

— Bayazid Bastami, Women of Sufism: A Hidden Treasure, on Fatima of Nishapur, (2003)

[majestativa]

Dhū an-Nūn said to her when they were together in Jerusalem: “Advise me.” So she said to him: “Make truthfulness obligatory and mortify yourself in your actions and your words. God Most High has said: And when a matter is resolved, it would be best for them if they were true to God [Qur’an, Muḥammad 47:21].”

— Fatima of Nishapur, Women of Sufism: A Hidden Treasure, (2003)

[majestativa]

There is no Sufi in this world more lowly than one who doubts another’s motives.

— Fatima of Nishapur, Women of Sufism: A Hidden Treasure, (2003)