RLGA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Zakat, Identity Formation, Apocalypticism
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And add on, not part of the original idea is called innovation, in this context not a good thing bida. The reality from a historical perspective is that it has been an essential component of islam whether we re talking about the sunni or. Shia tradition up until 200 years ago, so in classic formulation within. Islam we might call it the heart of islam. We might call the sufi s a certain kind of expert within the islam tradition we ve got the legal experts, the qur an experts, sufi s are the experts of spirituality or disciplined. We have prophets in this tradition and we have someone who is certainly has a very prestigious connection in the tradition. But then you have these people called wali s or friends and depending on the tradition this word means different things but their role is different from a prophet and they don t have the same authority.
