Origin 9th century
The Malamatiyya, or Malamatis, were an early Muslim mystical movement active in ninth century Greater Khorasan. They held that piety should be a private matter and that being held in good esteem by others leads to worldly attachment, so a Malamati concealed his own good deeds and let his faults be known rather than build a reputation for holiness. 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 Place of Origin Practice
Liturgical Language Organisation
OrdinationAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordination 2 Classification
ApostolateSpiritual Direction and Dhikr 1 Belief
Defining Doctrinal PositionAn interior path (tasawwuf) pursued within the schools of law 2 Status
Status TodayLiving tradition, practised today 1 Connections
Belongs to Tradition
Governed By Polity
Source New World Encyclopedia: Sufism
Rooted In
Uses Liturgical Language
Sources
1. Malamatiyya (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead sectionQuote, Lead section
active in 9th-century Greater Khorasan
2. Islamic Mysticism: A Short History
Alexander Knysh, Brill
Wikidata: Malamatiyya
Wikidata Q2622234, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source New World Encyclopedia: Sufism
New World EncyclopediaGoverned By Polity: Silsila (The Chain of Spiritual Descent), Sufism article, Sufi orders and their chains of transmissionQuote, 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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