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The Sufism Portal
Sufism is a mystic body of religious practice within Islam characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, ritualism, asceticism and esotericism.
It has been variously defined as "Islamic mysticism", "the mystical expression of Islamic faith", "the inward dimension of Islam", "the phenomenon of mysticism within Islam", the "main manifestation and the most important and central crystallization" of mystical practice in Islam, and "the interiorization and intensification of Islamic faith and practice".
Practitioners of Sufism are referred to as "Sufis", and historically typically belonged to "orders" known as tariqa (pl. ṭuruq) – congregations formed around a grand wali who would be the last in a chain of successive teachers linking back to Muhammad.
Sufism emerged early on in Islamic history, partly as a reaction against the worldliness of the early Umayyad Caliphate (661–750). Although Sufis were opposed to dry legalism, they strictly observed Islamic law and belonged to various schools of Islamic jurisprudence and theology. Although the overwhelming majority of Sufis, both pre-modern and modern, remain adherents of Sunni Islam, certain strands of Sufi thought transferred over to the ambits of Shia Islam during the late medieval period. This particularly happened after the Safavid conversion of Iran under the concept of Irfan. Important focuses of Sufi worship include dhikr, the practice of remembrance of God.
Despite a relative decline of Sufi orders in the modern era and attacks from revivalist Islamic movement (such as the Salafis and Wahhabis), Sufism has continued to play an important role in the Islamic world, especially in the neo-traditionalist strand of Sunni Islam. It has also influenced various forms of spirituality in the West and generated lots of academic interest. However recent scholarship has challenged the Western understanding of Sufism as orientalist in nature.
Brahim Boushaki (January 3, 1912 – May 27, 1997) was a Imam, Mufti and Muqaddam of Rahmaniyya Sufi order in Algeria.
Al-Busiri (1058 – 19 December 1111) was a Sanhaji Berber Muslim poet belonging to the Shadhiliyya order, being direct disciple of Sheikh Abul Abbas al-Mursi.
The Zawiyet Sidi Boumerdassi is a medieval zawiya and mosque located in Boumerdès, Algeria, built by Muslim saint Sidi Ali Boumerdassi in mid 17th century.
Al-Ghazali (1212 – 1294) is known as one of the most prominent and influential philosophers, theologians, jurists, logicians and mystics of Islam.
Mohamed Mamoun Kacimi (February 25, 1944) is the Sheikh of Zawiyet El Hamel and Rahmaniyya Sufi order, and also Dean of Djamaa el Djazaïr in Algeria.
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