SRS 3315 Lecture 12: Sufism (ctd) + Shiism

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: SRS 3315
• Professor: Silvia Holtrop

Document Summary

Sufism (ctd) and shi"ism: teacher (pir / shaykh / murshid) and disciples > teacher guides disciple on the tariqah (path) of different spiritual stages. Brotherhoods are also called tariqah: methods varies for each brotherhood. Sufi-practices mixed with local customs (the farther from the heartlands, the more diluted ). Until 12th century > small groups, students centered around a teacher. 12th century and onwards > larger, more organized, promise of loyalty to teacher and his successors. Teachers had a chain of authority (silsilah), similar to isnad. In the period from the 7th-12th century ce sufism developed from an individual lifestyle to an accepted religious science. > large body of literature about sufism developed, from 12th century onwards it became even larger and more diverse. > famous persian poets referred to mystical love in their works (hafez, sa"adi) How crave i from my love"s hand to drink a cup of wine.