Knowledge before action [electronic resource] : Islamic learning and Sufi practice in the life of Sayyid Jal�al al-D�i n Bukh�ar�i Makhd�um-i Jah�aniy�an / Amina M. Steinfels.
Series: Studies in comparative religion (Columbia, S.C.)Publication details: Columbia [S.C.] : University of South Carolina Press, 2012.Description: xiii, 248 p. : mapsISBN:- 9781611170733 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9781611171945 (e-book)
- 297.4092 B 23
- BP80.M29 S74 2012eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The education of a Sufi shaykh. Initiation into the Sufi path -- Pilgrimage and travel -- Teaching and practice. Book-learning and Islamic law -- Ritual and practice -- Money, non-Muslims, women, and saints -- Served by the inhabitants of the world. A public figure -- Legacy.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.