Rifāʻīyah
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Name (Hebrew)
ריפעיה
Name (Latin)
Rifāʻīyah
Name (Arabic)
الرفاعية
Other forms of name
Howling Dervishes
Rifai Dervish Order
Rifaiyya
Rufāʻī
Rufaʻi Brotherhood
See Also From tracing topical name
Dervishes
Saʻdīyah
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q389821
Library of congress:
sh 86006139
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Ṣayyād, S.A. al-Taṣawwuf ʻaqīdah wa-sulūk, wa-al-Shaykh al-Imām Aḥmad al-Rifāʻī, 1984.
- Britannica Micro.
- Ronart. Concise Ency. Arab Civilization:v. 1 (Howling Dervishes alternate term)
- Trimingham. Sufi Orders:pp. 37-40.
- Schimmel. Mystical Dimensions of Islam:pp. 176, 209.
- Hastings encyc. relig. index(Rifāʻiyyah)
- Americana:v. 25, p. 850 (Rifaite)
- Collier's index(Rifai)
- New Cath. encyc.:under Moslem confraternities (al-Rifāʻi)
- Encyc. relig. and ethics:under Muhammadism in Turkey (the Rufāʻī; howling dervishes)
- Islamic ritual from the province of Kosovo [SR] p1994:container (Rufaʻi Brotherhood)
Wikipedia description:
The Rifa'i order (Arabic: الطريقة الرفاعية, romanized: al-Ṭarīqa al-Rifāʽiyya) is a prominent Sufi order (tariqa) within Sunni Islam founded by Ahmad al-Rifa'i and developed in the lower Iraq marshlands between Wasit and Basra. The Rifa'iyya had its greatest following until the 15th century C.E. when it was overtaken by the Qadiri order. The order is said to wield particular influence in Cairo, Egypt. The Rifa'i order is most commonly found in the Arab Middle East but also in Turkey, the Balkans and South Asia.
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