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.