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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.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 248 p. : maps.
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia [S.C.] : University of South Carolina Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Knowledge before Action discusses ritual and contemplative practices, the economic bases of Sufi institutions, and the interconnectedness between Sufi masters, the 'ulama, and the political authorities by telling the story of Bukhari.
- 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:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781283741279
- 128374127X
- 9781611171945
- 1611171946
- OCLC:
- 820011619
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