The Teaching Relationship in Early Sufism: A Reassessment of Fritz Meier’s Definition of the Shaykh Al-Tarbiya and the Shaykh Al-Ta‘Lim

The Muslim World, Vol. 93, No. 1, January 2003

29 Pages Posted: 18 Jan 2011

Date Written: January 17, 2011

Abstract

A discussion of early Sufi practices and Sufis’ self-understanding of their mode of knowledge as one of the early Sunni religious sciences.

JEL Classification: Sufism

Suggested Citation

Silvers, Laury, The Teaching Relationship in Early Sufism: A Reassessment of Fritz Meier’s Definition of the Shaykh Al-Tarbiya and the Shaykh Al-Ta‘Lim (January 17, 2011). The Muslim World, Vol. 93, No. 1, January 2003, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1742625 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1742625

Laury Silvers (Contact Author)

University of Toronto ( email )

105 St George Street
Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G8
Canada

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