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The first is the 'populist' Sufism of the rural population. This level of Sufism involves belief in intercession through saints, veneration of their shrines and forming bonds with a pir . Many rural Pakistani Muslims associate with pirs and seek their intercession. [2] The second level of Sufism in Pakistan is 'intellectual Sufism' which is ...
Pakistan has a number of shrines that have become places of pilgrimage. They include mausolea and shrines of political leaders (of both pre-independence and post-independence Pakistan), shrines of religious leaders and pirs (saints) and shrines of leaders of various Islamic empires and dynasties.
Pakistani Sufi religious leaders (1 C, 16 P) M. Mughal Empire Sufis (17 P) P. Pashtun Sufis (1 C, 11 P) Punjabi Sufis (1 C, 19 P) S. Pakistani Sufi saints (4 C, 7 P)
Growth in the number of religious madrassahs in Pakistan from 1988 to 2002 [80] The famed Data Durbar shrine of Sufi saint Ali Hujweiri in Lahore is known for devotees from over the world. According to the CIA World Factbook and Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies , 96–97% of the total population of Pakistan is Muslim.
The Shrine of Baba Farid (Punjabi: مزار بابا فرید دا, romanized: Mazār Bābā Farīd Dā; Urdu: بابا فرید درگاہ, romanized: Bābā Farīd Dargāh) is a 13th-century Sufi shrine located in Pakpattan, Punjab, Pakistan dedicated to the Punjabi Sufi mystic and poet Baba Farid.
The shrine was originally established as a simple grave next to the mosque which Ali Hujwiri had built on the outskirts of Lahore in the 11th century. [1] By the 13th century, the belief that the spiritual powers of great Sufi saints were attached to their burial sites was widespread in the Muslim world, [3] and so a larger shrine was built to commemorate the burial site of Hujwiri during the ...
Sufism (Arabic: الصوفية, romanized: al-Ṣūfiyya or Arabic: التصوف, romanized: al-Taṣawwuf) is a mystic body of religious practice found within Islam which is characterized by a focus on Islamic purification, spirituality, ritualism, and asceticism.
Pages in category "Sufi shrines in Pakistan" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.