Moral Conduct and Authority

The Place of Adab in South Asian Islam

"The essays in this volume explore adab, the Muslim ideal of the harmonious life of a person who knows the proper relationship to God, to others, and to oneself, and who, as a result, plays a special role among his or her fellows."-- From dust jacket.

This inner unity of the theory and practice of sufism may reflect the unity of belief and practice characteristic of Islam as a whole . The roots of sufism in religious practice and conduct enabled sufism to persist as a unifying bond ...