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The Shattari or Shattariyya are members of a Sufi order that originated in Safavid Iran in the fifteenth century and developed, completed, and codified in India. Later, secondary branches were taken to the Hejaz and to Indonesia. The word Shattar, which means "lightning-quick," "speed," "rapidity," [1] or "fast-goer"[2] shows a system of spiritual practices that lead to a state of "completion," [3] but the name derives from its founder, Abdullah Shattar (d. 1406).
Unlike other Sufis, the Shattariyya do not subscribe to the concept of fana (annihilation of the ego). "With the sect of Shattaris, the Salik (seeker, aspirant) descends, of himself, in his knowledge - there is no annihilation of self with them."[4][N 1] In that book, however, Khan is not recommending this course of action, seeing it as a "thorny path" (p15) and commenting that "Imagination and judgment are upset, and a man is liable to become an Egotist. This path is therefore abjured." (pp15–16).</ref>
- ^ Shah, Idries (1999). The Sufis. Octagon Press. ISBN 0-86304-074-8. See Appendix II: The Rapidness. First published in 1964.
- ^ Sharma, Suresh K. and Sharma, Usha. Cultural and Religious Heritage of India: Islam (Volume 5). New Delhi: Mittal Publications. p. 1349. ISBN 81-7099-955-3.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Eight-volume set. - ^ Subhan, John A. (2007). Sufism - Its Saints and Shrines. Lovenstein Press. pp. 306–309. ISBN 978-1-4067-7267-8.
- ^ Ali-Shah, The Sirdar Ikbal (1933). Islamic Sufism. Tractus. p. 221. ISBN 978-2-909347-07-3. Quoting Khaja Khan's book on Tasawwuf.
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