Sufi heirs of the Prophet : the Indian Naqshbandiyya and the rise of the mediating sufi shaykh / Arthur F. Buehler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Buehler, Arthur F., author.

Series:

Studies in Comparative Religion

Language:

English

Hindi

Subjects (All):

Naqshabandi¯yah--India--History.

Naqshabandi¯yah.

Sufism--India--History.

Sufism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, [1998]

Summary:

"Sufi Heirs of the Prophet explores the multifaceted development of personal authority in Islamic societies by tracing the transformation of one representative 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 sufis have exercised charismatic leadership through their connection to the most compelling of personal Islamic symbols, the Prophet Muhammad."--BOOK JACKET.

Contents:

Foreword / Annemarie Schimmel

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 Naqshbandi Sufi Tradition

10. The Role of the Naqshbandi Sufi in Pakistan

App. 1. Written Sources for Spiritual Exercises

App. 2. Mujaddidi Contemplations

App. 3. The Intentions Guiding the Disciple through the Mujaddidi Contemplations

App. 4. Examples of Teaching Certificates.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Format:

Print version: Buehler, Arthur F. Sufi Heirs of the Prophet

ISBN:

9781643364070

1643364073

OCLC:

1347020646