Sufi Heirs of the Prophet

Sufi Heirs of the Prophet

The Indian Naqshbandiyya and the Rise of the Mediating Sufi Shaykh

  • Autor: Buehler, Arthur F.; Schimmel, Annemarie
  • Editor: University of South Carolina Press
  • Colección: Studies in Comparative Religion
  • ISBN: 9781570032011
  • eISBN Pdf: 9781643364070
  • Lugar de publicación:  South Carolina , Estados Unidos
  • Año de publicación: 2022
  • Año de publicación digital: 2022
  • Mes: Octubre
  • Páginas: 344
  • DDC: 297.4/8
  • Idioma: Ingles

An examination of the sources and evolution of personal authority in one Islamic society

Sufi Heirs of the Prophet explores the multifaceted development of personal authority in Islamic societies by tracing the transformation of one mystical sufi lineage in colonial India, the Naqshbandiyya. Arthur F. Buehler isolates four sources of personal authority evident in the practices of the Naqshbandiyya—lineage, spiritual traveling, status as a Prophetic exemplar, and the transmission of religious knowledge—to demonstrate how Muslim religious leaders have exercised charismatic leadership through their association with the most compelling of personal Islamic symbols, the Prophet Muhammad. Buehler clarifies the institutional structure of sufism, analyzes overlapping configurations of personal sufi authority, and details how and why revivalist Indian Naqshbandis abandoned spiritual practices that had sustained their predecessors for more than five centuries. He looks specifically at the role of Jama'at 'Ali Shah (d. 1951) to explain current Naqshbandi practices.

  • Cover
  • Sufi Heirs of the Prophet
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • CONTENTS
  • List of Illustrations
  • Foreword
  • Editor's Preface
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • 1. Patterns of Sufi Religious Authority
  • 2. From Teaching-Shaykh to Directing-Shaykh
  • 3. The Naqshbandiyya in India from Their Foundation to the Colonial Period
  • 4. Genealogy as a Source of Authority
  • 5. Spiritual Travel as a Source of Authority
  • 6. Bonding the Heart with the Shaykh
  • 7. From Initiation to Shaykhdom
  • 8. Mediational Sufism and Revivalist Currents in British Colonial India
  • 9. Redefining the Shaykh's Role in the Naqshbandī Sufi Tradition
  • 10. The Role of the Naqshbandī Sufi in Pakistan
  • Appendixes
    • 1. Written Sources for Spiritual Exercises
    • 2. Mujaddidī Contemplations
    • 3. The Intentions Guiding the Disciple through the Mujaddidī Contemplations
    • 4. Examples of Teaching Certificates
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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