Junaydi
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The Junaydi order (Arabic: الطريقة الجنيدية, romanized: al-Ṭarīqat al-Junaydiyya) is a Sufi order of Sunni Islam named after Junayd al-Baghdadi. The order is well-known in Pakistan as their leading saint al-Hujwiri was attached to the Junaydi order.
History
[edit]South Asia
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One of the earliest adherents to the Junaydi order in South Asia was al-Hujwiri, the main saint of Lahore, Punjab.[1] The order became popular in the Deccan where Siraj al-Din Junaydi preached.[2]
Egypt
[edit]The Junaydi order was involved in Egyptian politics around the time of Gamal Abdel Nasser and their shaykh was an active member of the Arab Socialist Union.[3]
Prominent figures
[edit]- Abu Bakr al-Shibli (861–946)
- Ali al-Hujwiri (1009–1072)
- Shah Nimatullah Wali (1318–1389), according to some sources, was a Junaydi.[4]
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ Alikuzai, Hamid Wahed (October 2013). A Concise History of Afghanistan in 25 Volumes. Trafford Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4907-1446-2.
- ^ Ernst, Carl W. (26 March 1992). Eternal Garden: Mysticism, History, and Politics at a South Asian Sufi Center. State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-1-4384-0212-3.
- ^ Adel, Gholamali Haddad; Elmi, Mohammad Jafar; Taromi-Rad, Hassan (30 August 2012). Sufism: An Entry from Encyclopaedia of the World of Islam. EWI Press. ISBN 978-1-908433-08-4.
- ^ Kulakarṇī, A. Rā; Nayeem, M. A.; Souza, Teotonio R. De (1996). Mediaeval Deccan History: Commemoration Volume in Honour of Purshottam Mahadeo Joshi. Popular Prakashan. ISBN 978-81-7154-579-7.
External links
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Media related to Junaydi order at Wikimedia Commons
