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 (9)

How this entity was disambiguated

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 (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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
Sheikh Farid → veneratedIn → Sufi orders ⓘ
Mawlānā → fieldOfUse → Sufi orders ⓘ
wali → veneratedIn → Sufi orders ⓘ
subject linked to: wali (Islamic saint)
Yahya Efendi → associatedWith → Ottoman Sufi orders ⓘ
linked to: Sufi orders
Sayyid al-Taifa → domain → Sufi orders ⓘ
Algerian forces → supportedBy → Sufi brotherhoods ⓘ
linked to: Sufi orders
Alawiyya order → organizationalForm → Sufi brotherhood ⓘ
linked to: Sufi orders
Samaniyya order → organizationalForm → Sufi tariqa ⓘ
linked to: Sufi orders
Fula Ajami → writingCommunity → Sufi orders ⓘ