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Sufism, or Taṣawwuf (Arabic: التَّصَوُّف), variously defined as "Islamic mysticism",[1] or, the inward dimension of Islam, is the primary manifestation of mystical practice in Islam. Jordan is considered by many Sufis to be "a spiritual center and a fertile environment for Sufism," [2] at least in part due to the fact that many of the narratives from the Qur’an take place within its modern borders. Many of the Sufis in Jordan today belong to one of six main orders or tariqa: Qadiri, Naqshbandi, Rifa'i, Shadhili, Khalwati, and Tijani.[2] The oral history of Sufi practice in northern Jordan goes back at least as far as the 13th century, and was "documented as early as the 16th century in Ottoman tax registers."[3] Sufism in modern-day Jordan remained prominent through the mid-20th century.
Up until the era of independence, Sufi orders and popular forms of Sufi religiosity dominated the religious scene, with other Islamic movements and groups beginning to emerge only later as branches of other groups already established outside the boundaries of the Hashemite Kingdom.
— Sufism and Sufi Orders: God’s Spiritual Paths Adaptation and Renewal in the Context of Modernization, Hassan Abu Hanieh, p.12
^Martin Lings, What is Sufism? (Lahore: Suhail Academy, 2005; first imp. 1983, second imp. 1999), p.15
^ abAbu Hanieh, Hassan (2011). Sufism and Sufi Orders: God's Spiritual Paths Adaptation and Renewal in the Context of Modernization(PDF). Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. ISBN 978-9957-484-15-6.
^Walker, Bethany (2008). Interpreting Welfare and Relief in the Middle East. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-16436-9.
Kingdom. — Sufism and Sufi Orders: God’s Spiritual Paths Adaptation and Renewal in the Context of Modernization, Hassan Abu Hanieh, p.12 Sufism has played...
living mostly in the north of Jordan, even though most Druze no longer consider themselves Muslim. Many Jordanian Muslims practice Sufism. The 1952 Constitution...
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2006. Alan Godlas, "Sufism, Sufis, and Sufi Orders: Sufism's Many Paths" "Welcome · University of Spiritual Healing and Sufism". sufiuniversity.org....
tassawuf-related Sufism, Muwahhidism and Salafism. Amman also has a small Druze community. Large numbers of Christians from throughout Jordan, particularly...
about what he called the metaphysical "deviations" of Sufism, and criticism of Sufism is attested in the writings of Ibn Jawzi. Subsequent Muslim theologians...
(link) "Sufism has become the "default setting" for Muslim life in Egypt, in the words of a recent Carnegie Endowment report".Salafis and Sufis in Egypt...
Hoffmeier equates yam suf with the Egyptian term pa-tjufy (also written p3 ṯwfy) from the Ramesside period, which refers to lakes in the eastern Nile delta...
شجرالمبارکہ) is a 1500-year-old tree located in Safawi, Jordan. 156 km from Amman, the capital of Jordan. The tree is a Atlantic Pistachio tree. It is...
courses for shaykhs in scientific socialism. For generations, Islam in Somalia leaned towards the Shafi’i jurisprudence, and Sufism, until recent decades...
In the Uwaisi-Shahmaghsoudi order of Kubrawi Sufism and in Naqshbandi Sufism, Salman is the third person in the chain connecting devotees with Muhammad...
pillars; Sufism became immensely popular during the medieval period in practically all parts of the Sunni world and continues to remain so in many parts...
such as Tablighi Jamaat, Sufism and Jamiat, are fully functioning effectively in South Africa, as they do in India. Madrasas in South Africa provide Islamic...
of adventure, as well as more serious works on Sufism, Islam and Asian politics. He hoped that Sufism might "form a bridge between the Western and the...
Hebron.' Museum With No Frontiers (2004). Pilgrimage, sciences and Sufism: Islamic art in the West Bank and Gaza. Édisud. p. 200. ISBN 978-9953-36-064-5....
movement claims over 200 million followers in South Asia. Sufism is prominent in Central Asia, as well as in African countries like Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco...
from South Asian Sufism itself. The religious and political leaders of this movement were followers of Sufism and lead the masses in to revivalist Sunni...
the ancestral doctrine in Syria). While these reformers were critical of various aspects of popular Sufism, they didn't deny Sufism completely. The Cairene...
reformist activities in the 1960s saw a rise in popularity of the Hanbali school, particularly as informed by the Salafi movement. Sufism, once widespread...
Ivoirian Muslims are Sunni, following the Maliki version of Islamic law. Sufism, involving the organization of mystical brotherhoods (Tariqa) for the purification...
of Sufism. Vol. 44 of The A to Z Guide Series. Scarecrow Press. p. 104. ISBN 978-0810863439. Baba, Meher (1967). Discourses. 1. San Francisco: Sufism Reoriented...
mostly adhere to the Sunni Islam, with sizable Ibadi adherents. In addition, Sufism, the mystical dimension of Islam, has a very big presence. The Maliki...
themselves there may be differences, such as different orders (tariqa) within Sufism, and within Sunnī Islam different schools of theology (Atharī, Ashʿarī,...
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