Religions of the World

Religions of the World

List the basic characteristics of Muslim mysticism, also known as Sufism.

Sufism is usually portrayed as Muslim mysticism. It is a kind of Islamic piety and knowledge that focuses on going beyond the obligations or compulsions of Islamic worship, into the dominion of the supererogatory (Fisher, 2011). Some basic characteristics of Sufism are:

Sufi practices and teachings refuse to accept doctrinal linear conditions. They appear from the spirit of mystical experiences which rebel ordinary or common logic (Fisher, 2011). In addition to this, the world of creative imagination, metaphor, paradox of an expanded reality sense are some ...