Syllabus of “Practical Mysticism II (Tasawuf ‘Amali)”

Syllabus

Subject                        : Practical Mysticism II (Tasawuf “Amali)

Semester          : III

Session                        : 12 meetings @90 minutes

Lecturer           : Husein Shahab, MA

Session	Topic
1	The Inception of Sufi Orders (thareqah): Historical perspective
2	The Meaning of safar ilallah (spiritual journey) and its four kinds of safar such a (1) safar minal khalq ilal haq [safar from plurality towards unity]  (2) safar bil haq fil haq [safar by unity within unity] (3) safar minal haq ilal khal bil haq [safar from unity toward plurality by unity] (4) Safar bil haq fil khalq [by unity within plurality]
3	The basic requirements for safar ilallah: (1) ‘ilm ‘anillahi walahkam [the knowledge about Allah and shareah] (2) tark rusum wa’adaat (3) azam (4) rifq wa mudara (5) wafa (6) dawam
4	(7) Muraqabah (8) muhasabah (9) muakhadzah (10) musara’at (11) iradat (12) adab ma’allah, rasul wal khulafa
5	(13) Niat (14) Sukut (15) Al-ju’ (16) khalwah (17) tahajud (18) dawam at-taharah (19) a-tawadhu ilallah (20) ihtiraz’an al-musytahiyat (21) kitmansir (22) as-syaihk wal murid (23) Awrad/wirid
6	(24) nafy khawatir (25) fikr (26) dzikir: dzukir dzati, dzikir akbar, dzikir nafsi,dzikir akabar wa a’zam, etc.
7	The station (manazil / maqamat) and veils (hujub)
8	The rituals in Taswuf ‘amali: (1) Shalat (2) Dzikir (3) khalwat and uzlah (4) shaum [either from meal or talk] (5) Ziyarah or pilgrimage to awliya’
9	The meaning of wilayah in tasawuf and the classes of wali from khatam al awliya’, qutb al aqthab, al ghauts, qutb al irsyaad, khalifah till airaad
10	The place of Ahlul bayt and Imam Mahdi in tasawuf
11	The meaning of karamah in the life of sufi(s)
12	A Brief reading on the contemporary of Shi’ite urafa
Assignment (paper)	Biographies of Sufi(s) and their basic teaching

References:

1. Sufism and Shi’ism by Kamil M Al Shaibi
2. Forty Days by Michaela Ozehsel
3. Al Mursyid al-Amin / Ihya ‘ulumuddin by Al Ghazali
4. The Elements of Sufism by Syaihk Fadhalla Haeri (Indonesian’s Translation “Jenjang-Jenjang Sufisme)
5. An introduction to Sufi Doctrines by Titus Bucrkhardt’s
6. The Mystical phil of Ibn Arabi by A.E Affifi
7. Kitab Hilyah al Awliya’
8. Risalah al-Hujwiri
9. Risalah Qushairi
10. Sayr wa Suluk Mansub be Bahrul ‘Ulum

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