Sufi orders

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Sufi orders are Islamic mystical brotherhoods organized around spiritual lineages and practices aimed at achieving closeness to God.

All labels observed (6)

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Statements (74)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic institutions
Islamic mystical brotherhoods
religious organizations
areFoundIn Balkans
Central Asia
Middle East
North Africa
North America
Shia Islam
South Asia
Southeast Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sunni Islam
Turkey
Western Europe
basedOn Sufism
characterizedBy collective remembrance of God
ethical discipline
initiation rituals
master–disciple relationships
spiritual lineages
structured spiritual practices
developedFrom early Sufi companionships
informal ascetic circles
emergedIn early Islamic centuries
emphasize ethical refinement
following the Prophet Muhammad
love of God
remembrance of God
service to others
haveConcept bayʿah
khanaqah
khanqah
murid
murshid
silsila
spiritual chain
tariqa
tekke
zawiya
havePurpose achieving closeness to God
inner transformation
spiritual purification
include Bektashiyya
linked to: Bektashi order

Chishtiyya
linked to: Chishti Order

Mevleviyya
Muridiya
Naqshbandiyya
linked to: Naqshbandi

Qadiriyya
Rifaiyya
Shadhiliyya
Suhrawardiyya
Tijaniyya
influence Islamic art
Islamic music
Islamic poetry
Islamic spirituality
popular religious practices
oftenHave charitable institutions
lodges
shrines
organizationalStructure hierarchical
network-based
practice asceticism
dhikr
meditation
music
poetry recitation
spiritual retreats
whirling dance
religion Islam
sometimesFace criticism from reformist movements
legal restrictions
state regulation

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Referenced by (9)

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Baba Farid associatedWith Chishti khanqahs (Sufi lodges)
linked to: Sufi orders
Wahdat al-wujud influenced Ottoman Sufism
linked to: Sufi orders
Abu Madyan influenced North African Sufi orders
linked to: Sufi orders
Alawiyya organizationalForm Sufi tariqa
subject linked to: ‘Alawiyya
linked to: Sufi orders
Data Darbar associatedWith Sufi orders
Risaletü’n-Nushiyye emphasizes Sufi path (tariqa)
linked to: Sufi orders