Saudi Sufis: A Compromise between Wahhabis and Sufis in the Hejaz (1925-1940)
Document Type : pajoohesh
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Dandarāwiyya was one of the many orders which derived from Idrisi tradition, and after the death of Ahmad Ibn IdrisFāsi has spread across the Islamic world in various forms. In the present paper, the author intends to show that although the hostility of Wahhabis towards Qādiriyya Sufism was quite undeniable, some orders such as Dandarāwiyya survived and continued their activities in Hejaz after Saudi conquest. In fact, he is after answering to this question that why Dandarāwiyya was only able to continue its activities after Saudi government took control of Hejaz. One of the issues highlighted by the author in this article is that the understanding of Wahhabism based on the sequence of events which led to the conquest of Hejaz by Saudi troops in the 1920s and 1930s is a little different from what happened in the realm of thought. Before having a look at the specific features of Ahmadiyya order, he explains about the Sufism condition in Saudi Arabia, and the way Abd Al-Aziz treated it. Hence, he is also going to speak of the relationship between the House of Saudi and Wahhabi religious establishment.
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