Kitab al-Wasaya
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Kitab al-Wasaya is a seminal early Sufi treatise by al-Harith al-Muhasibi that offers ethical and spiritual guidance on self-discipline, piety, and inner purification.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic ethical work
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Sufi treatise ⓘ religious text ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Baghdad
NERFINISHED
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early Abbasid period ⓘ |
| author | al-Harith al-Muhasibi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Arab ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
control of desires
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humility before God ⓘ scrupulousness in religious practice ⓘ self-reckoning ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
accounting of the soul
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fear of God ⓘ moral conduct ⓘ repentance ⓘ self-discipline ⓘ sincerity ⓘ |
| genre |
Sufi literature
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ascetic literature ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
detachment from the world
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preparation for the hereafter ⓘ remembrance of God ⓘ trust in God ⓘ vigilance over the heart ⓘ |
| influenced |
classical Sufi manuals
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later Sufi ethics ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Hadith
NERFINISHED
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Quran NERFINISHED ⓘ early Muslim ascetics ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
Muslim pietists
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Sufi aspirants ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Islamic ethics
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Sufism ⓘ inner purification ⓘ piety ⓘ spiritual discipline ⓘ |
| partOf | early Sufi canon ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
ethical guidance
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moral reform ⓘ spiritual instruction ⓘ |
| religiousBranch | Sunni Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Islam ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 9th century ⓘ |
| writtenBy | al-Harith ibn Asad al-Muhasibi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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