Book contents
- Sufism and Early Islamic Piety
- Sufism and Early Islamic Piety
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Personal Narratives
- Part II Communal Narratives
- 5 Consensually Acclaimed Sufis and Lenient Approaches
- 6 Marginal Piety
- 7 Controversies and Quarrels
- 8 Companionship with Youth (Ṣuḥbat al-Aḥdāth)
- Concluding Remarks
- Appendix: A Survery of Sulamī’s accounts of Pious Women in His Dhikr al-niswa (Rkia Cornell’s edition, 1999)
- Bibliography
- Index
6 - Marginal Piety
The Case of Niffarī (d. c. 354/965)
from Part II - Communal Narratives
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 October 2018
- Sufism and Early Islamic Piety
- Sufism and Early Islamic Piety
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Personal Narratives
- Part II Communal Narratives
- 5 Consensually Acclaimed Sufis and Lenient Approaches
- 6 Marginal Piety
- 7 Controversies and Quarrels
- 8 Companionship with Youth (Ṣuḥbat al-Aḥdāth)
- Concluding Remarks
- Appendix: A Survery of Sulamī’s accounts of Pious Women in His Dhikr al-niswa (Rkia Cornell’s edition, 1999)
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Sufism and Early Islamic PietyPersonal and Communal Dynamics, pp. 162 - 186Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018