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Fakir
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thumb|A Sufism|Sufi Muslim ascetic (fakir) in [[Bengal during the 1860s]]
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It is catalogued under topics including Accuracy disputes from October 2015, Hindu asceticism and Hindustani language.
Its subject is documented across 49 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Fakir on bed of nails Benares India 1907.jpg
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thumb|A Sufism|Sufi Muslim ascetic (fakir) in [[Bengal during the 1860s]]
Fakir, faqeer, or faqīr (; (noun of faqr)), derived from faqr (, 'poverty'), is an Islamic term traditionally used for Sufi Muslim ascetics who renounce their worldly possessions and dedicate their lives to the worship of God. They do not necessarily renounce all relationships, or take vows of poverty, but the adornments of the temporal worldly life are kept in perspective. The connotations of poverty associated with the term relate to their spiritual neediness, not necessarily their physical neediness, which they adopt to seek purity and mystical knowledge and so earn God's love.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fakir” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.