Sufism in Saudi Arabia Since 1979
The Politics of Orthodoxy in Contemporary Islam
Series: Studies on Sufism; 11;
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Product details:
- Publisher BRILL
- Date of Publication 19 February 2026
- ISBN 9789004697102
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages pages
- Size 235x155 mm
- Weight 1 g
- Language English 700
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Short description:
A groundbreaking study of Sufism in Saudi Arabia since 1979, this monograph explores the complex interplay between Saudi Sufism and state-driven Wahhabi orthodoxy. Essential reading for scholars of contemporary Islam, Middle Eastern politics, and religious reform.
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This is the first full-length monograph to explore Sufism in Saudi Arabia since 1979—a groundbreaking journey into a rarely seen side of the kingdom’s religious life. Drawing on rich fieldwork, in-depth interviews with Sufi practitioners, and archival research, the book brings readers deep into the spiritual networks that persist beneath the surface of state-enforced Wahhabi orthodoxy. It traces a century of scholarly life in the Hejaz, follows transnational ties—especially those of the Ba ʿAlawi order—and uncovers stories of persecution, such as that of Muhammad Alawi al-Maliki. Timely and vivid, it also examines the profound religious shifts unfolding under the rule of Mohammed bin Salman.
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Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Saudi Sufism in the Context of Wahh&&&x0101;b&&&x012B; Dogma and State Power
2 Sufism as a Discursive Tradition
3 Classical and Contemporary Wahh&&&x0101;bism
4 Sources Employed in This Book
1 The Standing Shrine
1 The Prophet&&&x2019;s Tomb as Unfinished Reform
2 Ibn Taymiyya and Early Wahh&&&x0101;b&&&x012B; Scholars on the Tomb of the Prophet
3 Modern-Day Wahh&&&x0101;b&&&x012B; Teachings on the Tomb of the Prophet
4 Wahh&&&x0101;b&&&x012B; Teachings on Tombs, Istigh&&&x0101;tha, and Ziy&&&x0101;ra of the Tomb of the Prophet
5 Excessive veneration of the Prophet: A Christian-Like Problem?
2 The Polemical Sufi Teacher
1 Mu&&&x1E25;ammad &&&x02BF;Alaw&&&x012B; al-M&&&x0101;lik&&&x012B;: The Life of a Sufi Scholar in Saudi Arabia
2 Al-M&&&x0101;lik&&&x012B;&&&x2019;s Ri&&&x1E25;las, Isn&&&x0101;ds, andIj&&&x0101;zas
3 Al-M&&&x0101;lik&&&x012B;&&&x2019;s Students and Writings
4 The Intermediary Life of the Prophet (al-&&&x1E25;ay&&&x0101;t al-barzakhiyya) in Maf&&&x0101;h&&&x012B;m
5 Al-M&&&x0101;lik&&&x012B;&&&x2019;s Textual Argumentation of Intercession
6 Re-Affirming Divine Sovereignty: The Charge of ghuluww and the Prophet&&&x2019;s Attributes
7 Al-M&&&x0101;lik&&&x012B; on the Visitation and the Preservation of the Tomb of the Prophet
3 Facing the Wahh&&&x0101;b&&&x012B; Orthodoxy
1 Wahh&&&x0101;b&&&x012B; Orthodoxy and Saudi Political Rule
2 The Institutions of Wahh&&&x0101;b&&&x012B; Orthodoxy
3 The Events of 1979 and the Appeal to Wahh&&&x0101;b&&&x012B; Orthodoxy in Times of Crisis
4 Early Wahh&&&x0101;b&&&x012B; Views on Sufism
5 Late Wahh&&&x0101;b&&&x012B; Views on Sufism
6 Sufism as the Other
7 Refutation of al-M&&&x0101;lik&&&x012B; by the Committee of Senior Scholars
8 The Wahh&&&x0101;b&&&x012B; Scholarly Refutation of al-M&&&x0101;lik&&&x012B;
9 The Refutation of Maf&&&x0101;h&&&x012B;m
10 The Refutation from al-&&&x1E62;a&&&x1E25;wa
4 The Memory of the Meccan School
1 Al-M&&&x0101;lik&&&x012B; as Heir of the Meccan School
2 The Men of Meccan Isn&&&x0101;ds Prior to the Establishment of the Saudi State
3 The Meccan School in a Changing Political Environment
4 Saudi Rule and the Public Demise of the Meccan School
5 Wahh&&&x0101;bism as Breaking the Chain of Connection to the Prophet
6 The Regionalist Dimensions of the Debate on Sufism in Saudi Arabia
7 The Regional Dimension of the Debate on Sufism in Saudi Arabia
8 Takf&&&x012B;r in Wahh&&&x0101;b&&&x012B; Teachings
9 The Critique of Takf&&&x012B;r in Maf&&&x0101;h&&&x012B;m and the Response of &&&x1E62;&&&x0101;li&&&x1E25; al-Shaykh
10 Al-M&&&x0101;lik&&&x012B;&&&x2019;s Ta&&&x1E25;dh&&&x012B;r and the Modern Politicization of Takf&&&x012B;r in Saudi Arabia
11 The Path towards the National Dialogue in 2003
12 The Legacy of al-M&&&x0101;lik&&&x012B;
5 The B&&&x0101; &&&x02BF;Alaw&&&x012B; Sayyids in Modern Saudi Arabia
1 Narratives of Exile and Preaching in B&&&x0101; &&&x02BF;Alaw&&&x012B; Communal Consciousness
2 &&&x02BF;Alaw&&&x012B; Gathering Spaces and Corresponding Ethics
3 Female Ethical Concerns in Contemporary B&&&x0101; &&&x02BF;Alaw&&&x012B; Teachings
4 &&&x02BF;Alaw&&&x012B; Blood Genealogies and Notions of Communal Balance
5 An Exploration of the &&&x02BF;Alaw&&&x012B; Silsila
6 The &&&x02BF;Alaw&&&x012B; Path of the Ancestors (Salaf)
7 Biography and Prosopography as Tools of Tradition
8 A&&&x1E25;mad Mashh&&&x016B;r al-&&&x1E24;add&&&x0101;d: The Exemplary Caller unto God
6 Authority, Accommodation, and Pedagogy in the Majlis
1 Knowledge and Authority in Contemporary Sufi Teaching in Saudi Arabia
2 Contemporary Traditionalist Construction of Authority
3 The New Media and the New Spaces of Traditionalist Expansion
4 Wahh&&&x0101;b&&&x012B; Attacks against al-Jifr&&&x012B; and the New Spaces of Religious Contestation
5 The Search for Sectarian Coexistence after the National Dialogue
6 &&&x02BF;Abdull&&&x0101;h Fad&&&x02BF;aq as the Public Face of Saudi Sufism
7 Sufi Pedagogy in Contemporary Saudi Arabia
8 Hadith Study in Contemporary Sufi Gatherings in the &&&x1E24;ij&&&x0101;z
9 Emulating, Connecting with, and Attaining a Vision of the Prophet
10 The Pedagogical, Spiritual, and Cultural Dimension of &&&x1E24;ij&&&x0101;z&&&x012B; Nash&&&x012B;d
7 The Majlis is Closed
1 The Rise of MBS and International Anti-Revolutionary Ecumenism
2 The Politics Traditionalism: Is There One?
3 The Reconfiguration of the Role of Religion in KSA
4 The Wahh&&&x0101;bization of a Shrinking Religious Field at the Expense of Religious Pluralism
Conclusions
Bibliography
Index
