The journeys of a Taymiyyan Sufi : Sufism through the eyes of ʻImād al-Dīn Aḥmad al-Wāsiṭī (d. 711/1311) /

The journeys of a Taymiyyan Sufi : Sufism through the eyes of ʻImād al-Dīn Aḥmad al-Wāsiṭī (d. 711/1311) / by Arjan Post.

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"The Journeys of a Taymiyyan Sufi explores the life and teachings of 'Imād al-Dīn Aḥmad al-Wāsiṭī(d. 711/1311), a little-known Ḥanbalī Sufi master from the circle of Ibn Taymiyya (d. 728/1328). The first part of this book follows al-Wāsiṭī's physical journey in search of spiritual gui...

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Online Access: Full Text (via JSTOR)
Main Author: Post, Arjan (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]
Series:Studies on Sufism ; v. 6.
Subjects:
Ibn al-ʻArabī, > 1165-1240 > Teachings.
Ibn Taymīyah, Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd al-Ḥalīm, > 1263-1328 > Teachings.
Wāsiṭī, Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhīm, > 1259-1311.
Sufis > Biography.
Sufism > Doctrines.
Mysticism > Islam.
Sufi poetry.
Sufism.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part I. The Physical Journey (al-Riḥla)
  • Introduction: al-Wāsiṭī's Biography
  • Chapter 1. Leaving Home, Bastion of the Spectacular Rifāʿīs
  • Chapter 2. Scholastic Sufism of the Alexandrian Shādhiliyya
  • Chapter 3. The Final Steps: From Heretics to the Saved Sect
  • Part II. The Spiritual Journey (al-Sulūk)
  • Introduction: Sulūk as Sufism
  • Chapter 4. Traditionalist Sufism: Outlining the Foundations of the Journey
  • Chapter 5. Progressing Towards the Beloved Through the Degrees of Witnessing
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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