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2 days ago · Since the first Muslim hagiographies were written during the period when Sufism began its rapid expansion, many of the figures who later came to be regarded as the major saints in Sunni Islam were the early Sufi mystics, like Hasan of Basra (d. 728), Farqad Sabakhi (d. 729), Dawud Tai (d. 777-81) Rabi'a al-'Adawiyya (d. 801), Maruf Karkhi (d ...
- History of Sufism
Sufism is the mystical branch of Islam in which Muslims seek...
- List of Sufi Orders
Further reading. Yves Bomati and Houchang Nahavandi (ed.)....
- Shaykh
Sheikh (/ ʃ eɪ k, ʃ iː k / SHAYK, SHEEK, Arabic: شَيْخ,...
- List of Modern Sufi Scholars
Shaykh Ahmad Imbing – One of the leading Sunni, Ash'ari in...
- Chain of Successive Teachers
Silsila (Arabic: سِلْسِلَة) is an Arabic word meaning chain,...
- History of Islam
Toward the beginning of the high Middle Ages, the doctrines...
- Golden Age of Islam
A rival compromise between rationalism and literalism...
- History of Sufism
3 days ago · Sunni and Shia Muslims share core Islamic beliefs, but their division stems largely from political disagreements over leadership after Prophet Muhammad's death and led to differing practices and spiritual positions.
3 days ago · Although many sectarian movements have arisen within Islam, all Muslims are bound by a common faith and a sense of belonging to a single community. This article deals with the fundamental beliefs and practices of Islam and with the connection of religion and society in the Islamic world.
5 days ago · “Sunni Islam had a well-functioning central authority in Istanbul that was fashioning an Islamic landscape more in tune with our modern state system. This included an acceptance that political control ended at their own border, while their spiritual influence extended beyond.
4 days ago · Under the Afshārid ruler Nādir Shah (ruled 1736–47), who tried but failed to reconvert the population of Iran to Sunni Islam, Mashhad became the imperial capital. Under his grandson, Shāh Rokh (died 1796), Khorāsān was essentially a vassal territory tributary to Herāt, autonomous from the Iranian monarchy.
