Companionship and Virtue in Classical Sufism: The Contribution of al-Sulami
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1. Verfasser: Welle, Jason (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC 2025
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List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Transliteration, Dating, Primary Sources and Abbreviations; Introduction: What Does Virtue Ethics Have to Do with Sufism?; Companionship and community; Virtue and character; Biography of al-Sulami; Recent scholarship on al-Sulami; Companionship and virtue; Chapter 1: The Emergence of Adab in al-Sulami's Spiritual Method; 'Adab literature'; Works of Sufi adab and adab literature; Adab, akhlaq and ahwal; Adab as MacIntyrean practice; Adab among al-Sulami's Sufi predecessors; Al-Sulami's approach to Adab; Dhikr adab al-sufiyya; Maiyyat al-faqr wa-adabihi; Adab al-faqr wa-sharaituhu; Adab mujalasat al-mashayikh; Jawami adab al-sufiyya; Kitab bayan al-sharia wa-l-haqiqa; Kitab adab al-suhba; Conclusion; Chapter 2: Virtue and Character in al-Sulami's Thought; What does Athens have to do with Nishapur?; The treatment of traits; MacIntyre on tradition and virtue; Sufi psychology; The stations (maqamat); Spiritual centres; The ego-self (nafs); The heart (qalb); The secret (sirr) and the spirit (Ruh); Al-Sulami's notion of akhlaq; Emotional akhlaq; Growth in virtue: Outside-in or inside-out?; Conclusion; Chapter 3: Al-Sulami's vision of fellowship and spiritual companionship; Suhba and ishra: A difference in degree or in kind?; The dangers of suhba; The many faces of suhba and ishra; Acknowledged dependence, with a little help from my friends; O brother, who art thou?; Suhba in the relationship between master and disciple; Does suhba suffer fools?; Relations with women; The etiquette of the marketplace; Chapter 4: Suhba in comparison: al-Sulami's near contemporaries; Philosophical approaches to friendship; Al-Tawhidi: The loyal friend of selfless care; The elevation of shaykhs and the bond of brothers; Al-Sarraj: Companions to disturb and to serve; Al-Qushayri: Stability and exclusivity on the path; Conclusion; Conclusion; MacIntyre, al-Sulami, and avenues for future research; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Beschreibung:240 Seiten 234 mm
ISBN:9780755652310

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