Knowledge before action : Islamic learning and Sufi practice in the life of Sayyid Jalāl al-Dī n Bukhārī Makhdūm-i Jahāniyān / Amina M. Steinfels.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Steinfels, Amina M.

Series:

Studies in comparative religion (Columbia, S.C.)

Studies in comparative religion

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mak̲h̲dūm Jahāniyān Jahān̲ Gasht, Jalāluddīn, -1383.

Mak̲h̲dūm Jahāniyān Jahān̲ Gasht, Jalāluddīn.

Sufis--Biography.

Sufis.

Muslim scholars--Biography.

Muslim scholars.

Sufism--History.

Sufism.

History.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 248 pages : map ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, 2012.

Summary:

The biography of Sayyid Jalal al-din Bukhari (1308-1384), a shaykh of the Suhrawardi order of Sufi Islam in South Asia, as reconstructed from the primary source records of his teachings that were compiled by his disciples (malfuzat, provides Steinfels (religion, Mount Holyoke College) with a window into both the intellectual content of medieval South Asian Sufi teaching and the daily lives of a Sufi master and his disciples. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

The education of a Sufi shaykh. Initiation into the Sufi path

Pilgrimage and travel

Teaching and practice. Book-learning and Islamic law

Ritual and practice

Money, non-Muslims, women, and saints

Served by the inhabitants of the world. A public figure

Legacy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781611170733

1611170737

OCLC:

767864942