Sanctification of Sufi Sheikhs

• Main Author: Saeed M. Nadir
• Format: Article
• Language: Arabic
• Published: Koya University 2018-08-01
• Series: مجلة جامعة كويه للعلوم الانسانية والاجتماعية
• Subjects: sanctification; sufism; religion; sufi sheikhs; the culture
• Online Access: http://jhss.koyauniversity.org/index.php/jhss/article/view/50/7

Sufism as a religious emergence, which is an intricate trait and a spiritual experience, aspires to adjust the relationships with God through this experience; in other words, it intends to attain the knowledge of knowing God through spiritual feelings. The main manifestation of this trend is respect and the love of the Sufis within the believers and Murids. Even, they exceed the devotion to the Sufis as abnormal creatures in a way that they perceive them as if they have mystical powers to perform actions beyond the logic. There are various principles and elements that play roles in accepting the peculiar deeds of this religious trait. Not only is this linked with the outcomes of the believers and Murid’s imagination, but also the Sufis’ sermons impose the Sufis’ characters on their surroundings, particularly in identifying the personality of the Sufis and the concept of this manifestation; in addition to those rules and systems that the Sufis make through guiding and advising to make sure that the Murids are following. Furthermore, the biography, events, and life-story of the Sufis are other causes of emerging their social and religious rank. Finally, in the light of this trend, the Sufis have a religious and legitimate principle, and this power is given by their religion. Because Sufi is directly linked to God and gets their dignity from him.