Sufism in Islam

Introduction, Articles

Origin of Tasawwuf: Origin of sufism in realtion to islamic sacred law (shariah) and historical background. An excellent overview of the essence of sufism as well.

Qualified man of Tasawwuf: Distinguishes the true men of tasawwuf and their nature from the devils of deception.

Tasawwuf and Shariah: An approach to the ignorants of sufism who snort at it without knowledge from the perspective of scholars of classical islam.

Islamic spirituality: Understanding of the islamic spirituality; a remedy for wounds of contemporary muslim ummah.


Links to three great sites on Sufism

Sufism and Shari'ah: Excellent site in defense of tasawwuf from the sharia standpoint, many articles of insight into the religion of islam

Sufism, Sufis, and Sufi Orders: Sufism's Many Paths: No better place to introduce oneself to sufism exists in cyberworld than this one

Sheikh Abd al Qadir Jilani Home Page: Sufism from the master of the masters of tasawwuf.



The Great Sheikhs


Hasan al-Basri
Abu Yazid al-Bistami
Al-Imam Al-Ghazali
Sheikh Abd al Qadir Jilani Home Page
Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti
Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti (Quick biography)
Muhammad Baha'uddin Shah Naqshband
Imam-I- Ahmad Rabbani
Jalaluddin Rumi
Ibn-I Arabi
Naksbandi Golden Chain


Orders in Sufism(Tariqa)


Chishti
Chisti Qadhri
Naksbandi
Naksbandi-Mujaddidi
Tijaniyya


Books


Al-Baz Publishing Inc.
Hizmet Books
Islamic Book Club
Sharaaz Books



Other related links


Haqqani/tasawwuf
Naksbandi-org
Islam In the Quran