The Sufism of Abū Al-Qāsim Al-Qusyairī

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10.2991/assehr.k.201113.007How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Sufism, Sharia, haqiqa (reality), maqāmāt (stations), Sufistic terms

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to explain concepts of Sufism by Abū al-Qāsim al-Qusyairī, by focusing on explaining his thoughts. It uses qualitative methods based on historical social approaches. By the time of al-Qusyairī’s life (376 H / 986 M-465 H / 1073 AD), Sufism was considered to have been deviated from the Qur’an, the hadith, and the religious tradition of the earlier generation of pious Muslims (salaf al-shālih), especially after the rise of the concept of ittihād (union) and hulūl (confluence) along with its syathahāt (bewildered utterance). Besides, some Sufism tends to shy away from sharia (Islamic jurisprudence). Al-Qusyairī is a Sufi figure and thinker who wants to return the teachings of Sufism to the Qur’an, the hadith, religious traditions of the salaf al shālih, and especially to the assumed authentic theology (tawhid) of the Sunni school (Ahl al-Sunnah aw al-Jama’ah). This paper concludes that the teachings of Sufism by Al-Qusyairī, as stated in his work “al-Risālah al-Qusyairīyyah fi ‘Ilm al-Tashawwuf”, likely focus on introducing terms of Sufism such as maqāmāt (stations), al-ahwāl (states), al-karāmāt (grace), and on classical Sufi figures.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - MA Achlami HS
AU  - Siti Huzaimah
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/11/13
TI  - The Sufism of Abū Al-Qāsim Al-Qusyairī
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st Raden Intan International Conference on Muslim Societies and Social Sciences (RIICMuSSS 2019)
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