Suhrawardiyya

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Suhrawardiyya is a major Sufi order originating in the Islamic world, known for its emphasis on spiritual discipline, ethical conduct, and organized missionary activity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic religious order
Sufi order
countryOfOrigin Iraq
dateOfOrigin 12th century
developedBy Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi
surface form: Shihab al-Din Umar al-Suhrawardi
doctrine Sunni Islam
emphasis ethical conduct
organized missionary activity
spiritual discipline
ethicalFocus service to society
sobriety in mystical experience
strict adherence to Sharia
foundedBy Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi
hasLanguage Arabic
Persian language
surface form: Persian

Turkic languages
Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
influenced Sufi networks in the Indian subcontinent
later Sunni Sufi orders
legalSchool Hanbali school
surface form: Hanbali

Shafi'i school
surface form: Shafi'i
missionaryActivity conversion and guidance of non-Muslims
training of preachers and missionaries
namedAfter Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi
Suhrawardiyya self-linksurface differs
surface form: al-Suhrawardi family
notableWorkAssociated Awarif al-Ma'arif
organizationalFeature network of khanqahs and lodges
strong institutional structure
organizationalModel centralized leadership under a shaykh
patronage Abbasid Caliphate
various Muslim rulers in Iraq
placeOfOrigin Baghdad
practice ascetic discipline
dhikr
spiritual retreats
region Central Asia
South Asia
surface form: Indian subcontinent

Middle East
South Asia
religion Islam
religiousTradition Sufism
spiritualGoal inner purification
proximity to God
spiritualLineage Junaydi Sufi tradition
trainingMethod graded stages of initiation
systematic spiritual instruction

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Sufism hasOrder Suhrawardiyya
Suhrawardiyya namedAfter Suhrawardiyya self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: al-Suhrawardi family
Deobandi Sunni Islam influencedBy Suhrawardiyya
this entity surface form: Suhrawardi Sufism
Awarif al-Ma'arif associatedSufiOrder Suhrawardiyya
Mulla Sadra philosophicalSchool Suhrawardiyya
this entity surface form: Illuminationism (influenced)
Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi founderOf Suhrawardiyya
this entity surface form: Suhrawardiyya order
Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi movement Suhrawardiyya
Islam in South Asia majorSufiOrder Suhrawardiyya
this entity surface form: Suhrawardi order
silsila connectedTo Suhrawardiyya
subject surface form: Silsila
this entity surface form: Suhrawardi order
Sufi orders include Suhrawardiyya