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The Arabic word tasawwuf (lit. ' 'Sufism' '), generally translated as Sufism, is commonly defined by Western authors as Islamic mysticism. [14] [15] [16] The Arabic term Sufi has been used in Islamic literature with a wide range of meanings, by both proponents and opponents of Sufism. [14]
Sufism is the mystical branch of Islam in which Muslims seek divine love and truth through direct personal experience of God. [1] This mystic tradition within Islam developed in several stages of growth, emerging first in the form of early asceticism, based on the teachings of Hasan al-Basri, before entering the second stage of more classical mysticism of divine love, as promoted by al-Ghazali ...
The Chishti order (Persian: چشتی طريقة, romanized: Chishtī ṭarīqa) is a Sufi order of Sunni Islam named after the town of Chisht, Afghanistan where it was initiated by Abu Ishaq Shami. The order was brought to Herat and later spread across South Asia by Mu'in al-Din Chishti in the city of Ajmer .
International Spiritual Movement Anjuman Serfaroshan-e-Islam; International Sufi Centre; Moorish Science Temple of America; Qalandariyya; Subud; Sufi Contact; Sufi Ruhaniat International; The Idries Shah Foundation; The Chisholme Institute (The Beshara School of Esoteric Education) Sufism Reoriented; The Sufi Way
Western Sufism, [1] sometimes identified with Universal Sufism, Neo-Sufism, [2] and Global Sufism, consists of a spectrum of Western European and North American manifestations and adaptations of Sufism, the mystical dimension of Islam. Many practitioners of Western Sufism follow the legacy of Inayat Khan and may identify with a variety of Sufi ...
The Grand Magal of Touba is the annual religious pilgrimage of the Senegalese Mouride Brotherhood, one of the four Islamic Sufi orders of Senegal.On the 18th of Safar, the second month of the Islamic calendar, pilgrims gather in the holy Mouride city of Touba to celebrate the life and teachings of Amadou Bamba, the founder of the brotherhood.
A Sufi murid will enter the khalwa spiritual retreat under the direction of a shaykh for a given period, sometimes for as long as 40 days, emerging only for salah (daily prayers) and, usually, to discuss dreams, visions and live with the shaykh. Once a major element of Sufi practice, khalwa has become less frequent in recent years.
Burhaniya is the Sufi order of Sayyidi Ibrahim al Qurashi al Disuqi (13th Century A.D.), the fourth of the great Sufi sheikhs and founders of Sufi orders (aqtab)أقطاب. The spiritual line of the Burhaniya sheikhs traces back to the Islamic Prophet Mohammed. The most important chain links are: Sayyidi al Sheikh Mohamed Ibrahim Mohamed Osman