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ISBN 10: 1000842835
ISBN 13: 9781000842838
Author: Shayesteh Ghofrani
Focused on Shi’ism and Sufism in the formative period of Islam, this book examines the development of the concept of walāya, a complex term that has, over time, acquired a wide range of relationships with other theological ideas, chiefly in relation to the notion of authority. The book offers a textual and comparative analysis of walāya based on primary sources in the ninth and tenth centuries, from both Shi’i and Sufi circles. The starting point is one of the oldest surviving Shi’i sources, Kitāb Sulaym. Alongside this, the author analyses al-Īḍāḥ of Faḍl Shādhān al-Nishābūrī, Kitāb al-Maḥāsin of al-Barqī and Kitāb al-Kāfī of al-Kulaynī. Three major texts in Sufism are considered: Kitāb al-Ṣidq by Abū Saʿīd al-Kharrāz, Tafsīr al-Qurʾan al-ʿAẓīm by Sahl al-Tustarī, and Al-Tirmidhī’s Kitāb Sīrat al-Awliyāʾ. Together, these sources highlight the doctrinal aspects of walāya, exploring the identity, function, appointment, and description of those considered ‘walī’. The author ultimately argues that walāya is a cluster of rich, deep-rooted responses to the question of authority, developed within both Shi’ism and Sufism after the death of the Prophet. The book is much-needed reading for students and scholars interested in Shi’i and Sufi studies and Islamic philosophy.
Walāya in the Formative Period of Shi ism and Sufism 1st Table of contents:
1 Walāya in Formative Shiʿism
The Concept of Walāya according to Sulaym b. Qays al-Hilālī
Kitāb Sulaym
Walāya in Kitāb Sulaym
The Concept of Walāya according to Faḍl ibn Shādhān al-Nishābūrī
Kitāb al-Īḍāḥ
Walāya in Kitāb al-Īḍāḥ
Aspect of Knowledge
Aspect of Political Authority
The Concept of Walāya according to Aḥmad al-Barqī
Kitāb al-Maḥāsin
Walāya in al-Maḥāsin
Aspect of Primordial Covenant
Aspect of Love
The Concept of Walāya according to Abū Jʿafar Muḥammad al-Kulaynī
Kitāb al-Kāfī
Walāya in al-Kāf ī
Aspect of Knowledge
Aspect of Faith
Notes
2 Development of Walāya in Formative Shiʿism
Walāya as Political Authority
Walāya and Knowledge
Walāya and Primordial Covenant
Walāya and the Elect Community
Walāya as Faith and a Pillar of Islam
Closing Remarks
Notes
3 Walāya in Formative Sufism
The Concept of Walāya according to Aḥmad b. ʿĪsā al-Kharrāz
Kitāb al-Ṣidq
Walāya in Kitāb al-Ṣidq
Stations for the Awliyāʾ
Awliyāʾ, Knowledge, and Hierarchy
The Concept of Walāya according to Sahl al-Tustarī
Al-Tustarī’s Tafsīr al-Qurʾan al-Karīm
Walāya in al-Tustarī’s Tafsīr
Aspect of Creation and Emanation
Aspect of Primordial Covenant
Aspect of Gnosis and Knowledge
Aspect of Spiritual Hierarchy
The Concept of Walāya according to Ḥakīm al-Tirimidhī
Kitāb Sīrat al-Awliyāʾ
Walāya in Kitāb Sīrat al-Awliyāʾ
Awliyāʾ Allāh vs. awliyāʾ ḥaqq Allāh
Aspect of Creation and Prophethood
Hierarchy of the Awliyāʾ
Aspect of Knowledge
Notes
4 Development of Walāya in Formative Sufism
Walāya and Knowledge
Hierarchy among the Awliyāʾ
Walāya, Emanation and Primordial Covenant
Walāya vs. Nubuwwa
Closing Remarks
Notes
5 A Comparative Study of Walāya in Shiʿism and Sufism
Significance of Walāya in Shiʿism and Sufism
Stage 1: Walāya in Earliest Sources
Stage 2: Walāya at the Time of Minor Occultation
Stage 3: Walāya at the Beginning of the Major Occultation
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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