Dmitry Ovsjannikov

The continuity of the ideas of the Naqshbandiyya tariqa and the early Sufi tradition: Based on the materials of the treatise of Jamal ad-Din from Kazi-Kumukh

This article attempts to analyze the genetic connection between the ideas of the Naqshbandiyya tariqa, as recorded in the theological legacy of the prominent 19th century Dagestani sheikh Jamal ad-Din Kazikumukh, and the primary sources of the Sufi mystical-ascetic tradition. The author demonstrates that the Naqshbandi...