He had once become angry with his son and, fearing him, had confined him to prison; but when death approached, he released him and entrusted his office to him.

101 – Abu Ahmad al-Qalānisi, Muṣʿab ibn Ahmad
Shaykh of the Sufis and a model to be emulated, Abu Ahmad Muṣʿab ibn Ahmad al-Baghdadi was a close companion of Abu Hamzah; the two died in the same year.
Those who transmitted from him include the preacher ʿAli ibn Muhammad al-Misri and others.

Ibn al-Aʿrabi said: “Were we to recount all the stories about his character and his spiritual method, the book would grow too long. He kept company with Abu ʿUthman al-Warraq, travelled with ʿAbd Allah al-Ribati, and was given precedence over all the seekers in Baghdad because of his generosity, noble manners, careful observance of the devotional path, his good-natured heart, tenderness, lofty spiritual hints, and the intensity of his inward burning.

“His spoken discourse was less impressive than his allusive indications, yet he possessed many fine subtleties and gestures. I accompanied him until he died, and I never saw him keep a single dirham overnight.

“He spoke on spiritual states and stations, and al-Nuri used to defer to him in that regard.

“Munabbih al-Basri said: I travelled with Abu Ahmad, and we experienced severe hunger. Then provision came to us in the form of some food, and he preferred me with it. We also had some sawiq (1). He said, jokingly, ‘O Munabbih, will you be my camel?’ I replied, ‘Yes,’ whereupon he went on feeding me the sawiq (2).”