Sufi heirs of the Prophet : the Indian Naqshbandiyya and the rise of the mediating sufi shaykh
Arthur F. Buehler (Author)
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
Print Book, English, c1998
Paperback edition View all formats and editions
University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, c1998
History
xxvii, 312 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
9781570037832, 9781570032011, 1570037833, 1570032017
1057970622
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
Reprint. Originally published: Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, 1998