The journeys of a Taymiyyan Sufi Sufism through the eyes of ʻImād al-Dīn Aḥmad al-Wāsiṭī (d. 711/1311)
"The Journeys of a Taymiyyan Sufi explores the life and teachings of 'Imād al-Dīn Aḥmad al-Wāsiṭī(d. 711/1311), a little-known Ḥanbalī Sufi master from the circle of Ibn Taymiyya (d. 728/1328). The first part of this book follows al-Wāsiṭī's physical journey in search of spiritual gui...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden
Brill
2020, [2020]
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| Series: | Studies on Sufism
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-307) and indexes
- Part I. The Physical Journey (al-Riḥla)
- Introduction: al-Wāsiṭī's Biography
- Leaving Home, bastion of the spectacular Rifāʿīs
- Scholastic Sufism of the Alexandrian Shādhiliyya
- The final steps: from heretics to the saved sect
- Part II. The Spiritual Journey (al-Sulūk)
- Introduction: Sulūk as Sufism
- Traditionalist Sufism: outlining the foundations of the journey
- Progressing towards the beloved through the degrees of witnessing