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Religious Order

Jahriyya

Sufi Orders
Origin from 1750

Jahriyya is a menhuan, or Sufi order, in China, commonly called the New Teaching. It was founded in the 1760s by Ma Mingxin and was active in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in what was then Gansu Province, including parts of today's Qinghai and Ningxia, when its followers were involved in conflicts with other Muslim groups and in rebellions against the Qing dynasty. The order's name derives from the Arabic word for vocal, for its distinctive practice of vocal dhikr, in contrast to the silent dhikr of the rival Khufiyya order. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Origins
Origin Period
from 1750 1
Origin Period
1760s 2
Place of Origin
Gansu Province, China 2
Founder
Ma Mingxin 2
Status
Status Today
Living tradition, practised today 2
Practice
Liturgical Language
Classical Arabic 3
Classification
Kind of order
Sufi Orders 2
Apostolate
Spiritual Direction and Dhikr 2
Who may join
Open to All Genders 3
Belief
Defining Doctrinal Position
An interior path (tasawwuf) pursued within the schools of law 3
Defining Doctrinal Position
Remembrance of God practised aloud and in company 3
Organisation
Ordination
Authority conferred by initiation rather than by ordination 3
Connections

Belongs to Tradition

Sufism, Denominations

Branch Of

Naqshbandi Order, Religious Orders

Governed By Polity

Silsila (The Chain of Spiritual Descent), Doctrines
Source New World Encyclopedia: Sufism

Originated In

China, Countries
Source Jahriyya (Wikipedia)

Uses Liturgical Language

Classical Arabic, Languages
Sources
1. Wikidata: Jahriyya
Wikidata Q1678695, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
2. Jahriyya (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    it was active in the late 18th and 19th centuries in what was then Gansu Province (also including parts of today's Qinghai and Ningxia)
  • Introduction, kind of order
    Jahriyya (also spelled Jahrīya or Jahriyah) is a menhuan (Sufi order) in China, commonly called the New Teaching (Xinjiao).
  • Introduction, apostolate
    The name comes from the Arabic word jahr (جهر), referring to their practice of vocally performing the dhikr (invocation of the name of God).
  • Originated In: China, Stored origin-place property on this entity, cited to this source: Gansu Province, China
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3. Islamic Mysticism: A Short History
Alexander Knysh, Brill
New World Encyclopedia: Sufism
New World EncyclopediaGoverned By Polity: Silsila (The Chain of Spiritual Descent), Sufism article, Sufi orders and their chains of transmission
Quote, Governed By Polity: Silsila (The Chain of Spiritual Descent), Sufism article, Sufi orders and their chains of transmission
Almost all traditional Sufi orders trace their "chains of transmission" back to the Prophet via his cousin and son-in-law Ali ibn Abi Talib (except the Naqshbandi order which traces its origin to caliph Abu Bakr ).
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