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Sa'diyya

Sufi Orders

Sa'diyya, also known as Jibawiyya, is a Sufi tariqa and family lineage of Syrian and Shafi'i identity, founded by Sa'd al-Din al-Shaybani al-Jibawi, who died near Jiba, a few kilometers north of Damascus, in 1335. A branch of the Rifa'iyya order, it grew to prominence also in Ottoman Egypt, Turkey and the Balkans and remains active today.

Facts
Organisation
Ordination
Authority conferred by initiation rather than by ordination 1
Belief
Defining Doctrinal Position
An interior path (tasawwuf) pursued within the schools of law 1
Practice
Liturgical Language
Classical Arabic 1
Status
Status Today
Living tradition, practised today 1
Connections

Belongs to Tradition

Sufism, Denominations

Branch Of

Governed By Polity

Source New World Encyclopedia: Sufism

Uses Liturgical Language

Sources
1. 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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