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" Samadhi "
/ Stuart Ray Sarbacker
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AL
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English
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1061432
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ALei1829
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| Main Entry
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Katz, Jonathan G.
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Disciple in Ṣūfism - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Katz, Jonathan G.
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Leiden: Brill
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| Title of Periodical
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Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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(1,199 words)
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| Abstract
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The relationship between the master (Ar. shaykh or murshid , Pers. pīr ) and the disciple (murīd) is fundamental to the transmission of knowledge (ʿilm) in Islam and especially in Ṣūfism . It reflects hierarchical categories of domination and subordination prevalent in Islamic societies and owes its existence to the personal way in which true learning is conveyed through genealogical lineages ( silsila ) that extend back to the prophet Muḥammad. The master-disciple relationship is a hallmark of Ṣūfism (taṣawwuf) and other expressions of Islam such as Ismaʿīlī Shīʿism for which formal initiation into
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Islam.
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ALei1829.pdf
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