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Spiritual Training across the Sahara: Debating the Need for the Living Sufi Master in the Tijāniyya

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The Tijaniyya has witnessed a lively debate concerning the classic Sufi requirement of a living guide to give spiritual training (tarbiya) to aspirants. Prominent Tijani scholars across the Sahara—modern-day Morocco, Mauritania, and Senegal—have apparently staked different positions on this issue from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. The discourse has...

Keyword:

Spiritual Training, Tijāniyya, and Sufism

Creator:

Wright, Zachary

Owner:

Iman Magdy Khamis

Date Uploaded:

05/25/2023

Date Modified:

05/25/2023

Date Created:

2022

Resource Type:

Article

Alternate Identifier:

https://doi.org/10.1093/jis/etac017