Knowledge before action
Subtitle: Islamic learning and Sufi practice in the life of Sayyid Jalāl al-Dī n Bukhārī Makhdūm-i Jahāniyān
By: Amina M. Steinfels
Series: Studies in comparative religion
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Columbia [S.C.]
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781611170733
Subjects: Sufism; Sufis; Muslim scholars; Biography; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The education of a Sufi shaykh. Initiation into the Sufi path; title: Pilgrimage and travel; title: Teaching and practice. Book-learning and Islamic law; title: Ritual and practice; title: Money, non-Muslims, women, and saints; title: Served by the inhabitants of the world. A public figure; title: Legacy.