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The Requirements of the Sufi Path - A Defense of the Mystical Tradition (Hardcover)
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The Requirements of the Sufi Path - A Defense of the Mystical Tradition (Hardcover)
Series: Library of Arabic Literature
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Sufism through the eyes of a legal scholar In The Requirements of
the Sufi Path, the renowned North African historian and jurist Ibn
Khaldun applies his analytical powers to Sufism, which he deems a
bona fide form of Islamic piety. Ibn Khaldun is widely known for
his groundbreaking work as a sociologist and historian, in
particular for the Muqaddimah, the introduction to his massive
universal history. In The Requirements of the Sufi Path, he writes
from the perspective of an Islamic jurist and legal scholar. He
characterizes Sufism and the stages along the Sufi path and takes
up the the question of the need for a guide along that path. In
doing so, he relies on the works of influential Sufi scholars,
including al-Qushayri, al-Ghazali, and Ibn al-Khatib. Even as Ibn
Khaldun warns of the extremes to which some Sufis go-including
practicing magic-his work is essentially a legal opinion, a fatwa,
asserting the inherent validity of the Sufi path. The Requirements
of the Sufi Path incorporates the wisdom of three of Sufism's
greatest voices as well as Ibn Khaldun's own insights, acquired
through his intellectual encounters with Sufism and his broad legal
expertise. All this he brings to bear on the debate over Sufi
practices in a remarkable work of synthesis and analysis. A
bilingual Arabic-English edition.
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