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Zuhd (Ascetic Renunciation)

Detachment from worldly attachments, the formative ascetic ethos out of which early Sufism grew.

Detachment from worldly attachments, the formative ascetic ethos out of which early Sufism grew.

How it traveled

  1. Zuhd
    Medina · 855
    applies
  2. Wasaya
    Basra · 857
    explains
  3. Ricaya
    Basra · 857
    explains
  4. HaEmunot veHaDeot
    Sura (Babylonia) · 933
    redefines
  5. Duties of the Heart
    Zaragoza (Saragossa) · 1080
    applies
  6. Majmuc Fatawa
    Harran · 1328
    redefines
  7. Akeidat Yitzchak
    Tarragona · 1490
    explains

Key passages(20)

Udāna · The Pāli Canon (Tipiṭaka)

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So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. Now at that time Venerable Mahākaccāna was staying in the land of the Avantis near Kurarag

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Qut Qulub · Abu Talib al-Makki

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Risala Qushayriyya · al-Qushayri

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Ihya Culum Din · al-Ghazali

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Madarij Salikin · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

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Tanbih · Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani

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Tanbih · al-Sha'rani

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Zuhd · Ahmad ibn Hanbal

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Cuhud Muhammadiyya · al-Sha'rani

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Fisal Fi Milal · Ibn Hazm

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Futuhat Makkiyya · Ibn Arabi

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Jala Khatir · Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani

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Jamic Rasail · Ibn Taymiyya

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Majmuc Fatawa · Ibn Taymiyya

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Majmucat Rasail · al-Ghazali

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Minhaj Cabidin · al-Ghazali

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Mizan Camal · al-Ghazali

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Tacrifat · Al-Sharif al-Jurjani

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Wasaya · al-Harith al-Muhasibi

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Akeidat Yitzchak · Yitzchak Aramah · 1455 CE

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אמנם הקודם הוא מבואר ממה שנתפרסם שהתשוקות אשר אל הקנינים הזמניים עצמו מאד על האנשי' ועבודתם כי כבדה עד כי גברה יד העולם עליהם וילדי הזמן וקורותיו יכבשום ועבדים וענו אותן אין נקי מבלי שיוציאו שום שכר ט

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