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In the pre-independence period the two largest Sri Lankan Sufi orders were associated with rival Muslim gem-trading families and ethnic associations in the west coast region, the Qadiriya order allied with N.D.H. Abdul Gaffoor and the All Ceylon Muslim League, and the Shazu-liya order supporting M. Macan Markar and the All Ceylon Moors ...
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.
The following animated videos depict the experiences of nine Muslim Americans from across the country who differ in heritage, age, gender and occupation. Relaying short anecdotes representative of their everyday lives, these Muslim Americans demonstrate both the adversities and blessings of Muslim American life. By Emily Kassie. April 6, 2015
Sahih Muslim (Arabic: صحيح مسلم, romanized: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim) is the second hadith collection of the Six Books of Sunni Islam. Compiled by Islamic scholar Muslim ibn al-Ḥajjāj ( d. 875 ) in the musannaf format, the work is valued by Sunnis, alongside Sahih al-Bukhari , as the most important source for Islamic religion after the ...
Sahih Muslim (9th century) Sunan Abu Dawood (9th century) Sunan al-Tirmidhi (9th century) Sunan al-Nasa'i (9-10th century) Sunan ibn Majah (9th century) Muwatta Imam Malik (8th century) Sunan al-Darimi (9th century) Musnad Ahmad bin Hanbal (9th century) Among the other Authentic Hadith books that follow Ṣaḥīḥayn (Sahih Bukhari and Sahih ...
The Maizbhandari order is also known for its urs, an annual religious gathering purported to be at least the fifth largest congregation of Muslims in the world. [8] The event begins each year on the tenth day of the Bengali month of Magh , and sees five to six hundred thousand people gather for several days of festivities centred around the ...
Dargahs in South Asia, have historically been a place for all faiths since the medieval times; for example, the Ajmer Sharif Dargah was a meeting place for Hindus and Muslims to pay respect and even to the revered Saint Mu'in al-Din Chishti. [8] [9] In China, the term gongbei is usually used for shrine complexes centered around a Sufi saint's ...
Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Mūsā al-Khusrawjirdī al-Bayhaqī (Persian: ابو بكر احمد بن حسين بن علي بن موسی خسروجردی بيهقی, 994–1066), [11] also known as Imām al-Bayhaqī, was a Sunni scholar widely known for being the foremost leading hadith master in his age, leading authority in the Shafi'i school, leading authority on the ...