Steinfels, Amina M

Knowledge before action : Islamic learning and Sufi practice in the life of Sayyid Jalal al-Di n Bukhari Makhdum-i Jahaniyan / Amina M. Steinfels. - Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, 2012 - xiii, 248 p. : map 24cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The education of a Sufi shaykh. Initiation into the Sufi path -- Pilgrimage and travel -- Teaching and practice. Book-learning and Islamic law -- Ritual and practice -- Money, non-Muslims, women, and saints -- Served by the inhabitants of the world. A public figure -- Legacy.

9781611170733


Islam

297.4092 B