Binding with a Perfect Sufi Master: Naqshbandī Defenses of rābiṭa from the Late Ottoman Empire to the Turkish Republic
This article explores debates surrounding the controversial spiritual exercise of rābiṭa - the binding of the disciple with a Sufi master by envisioning the image of the master in different parts of the body. Despite being criticized as a non-Qurʾanic practice and as a form of idolatry, rābiṭa was m...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2020]
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Die Welt des Islams
Year: 2020, Volume: 60, Issue: 1, Pages: 56-78 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ottoman Empire
/ Turkey
/ Naqšbandīya
/ Religious leader
/ Imagination
/ Meditation
/ Pupil
/ History
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| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BJ Islam KBL Near East and North Africa |
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Turkey
B Mysticism B Ritual B Naqshbandī B Ottoman Empire B Sufism B Syria |
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