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tariqahIn Sufism, the spiritual path toward direct knowledge of God. For early Sufi mystics, the term referred to an individual's spiritual path; later it came to mean the path advocated by a particular school or order of Sufis and then of the order itself. Each mystic order claimed a chain of spiritual descent from Muhammad. Today Sufi tariqah number in the hundreds. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| It has often been a subject of controversy between Sufis and orthodox Muslims, and different Sufi orders have had different opinions about its advisability and different styles of performing it. 1978), one of Pakistan's most insightful men of letters, was to take a totally different dimension on a hot summer day when my friend Siraj Munir (1951-1990) first talked about joining a Shadhili Sufi order of which Sidi Ab Bakr Sirj ad-Dn (Martin Lings) was a member. These attacks eventually led to a split even within the category of Hadrami Sayyids of the Alawi Sufi order, as noted in the paper by William R. |
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