REL 137g 1st Edition Lecture 18 Current LectureFinishing SufismWahdat al-wujudUnity of existenceGod’s existence and humans’ existence are one Ittihad: ‘unity’, no distinction between the two AntinomianismAgainst law and rulesAnything that comes in existence comes from God and therefore cannot be evil, needs to laws PantheismExtreme of mysticismEverything is God and God is everythingComplete obliteration of any line of distinction Ibn TayimyaHanbalite Traditionalist Known as enemy of Sufism False attributionHe wasn’t against Sufism or mysticism but he was absolutely against pantheismAnything that blurred the distinction between the creator and the createdShaykh/Pir (Sufi Master)DisciplinesMonasteriesPracticesHermitage/isolationSilenceFastingDhkir; remembranceA staple of Sufi practice Humanity’s problems come from forgetting thingsTo remember or remind solves this problems Audible pronouncements that are intended to remind one of GodSamaSufi MusicRhythmic way of chanting prayersPopular tendenciesSuperstitionGrave worship Circling around graves as if they were the Kaba Talismans ShiismThought of as its own separate orthodoxyMust understand it as it unfolds in history Followed Ali, took their name from the Shiites (supporters) of AliSupported in political
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