Knowledge before action : Islamic learning and Sufi practice in the life of Sayyid Jalāl al-Dī n Bukhārī Makhdūm-i Jahāniyān /
Amina M. Steinfels.
- Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, (c)2012.
- 1 online resource (xiii, 248 pages) : map.
- Studies in comparative religion .
Includes bibliographies and index.
The education of a Sufi shaykh. Initiation into the Sufi path -- Pilgrimage and travel -- Teaching and practice. Book-learning and Islamic law -- Ritual and practice -- Money, non-Muslims, women, and saints -- Served by the inhabitants of the world. A public figure -- Legacy.