Confrontation between Sokr school of Khorasan and Sahv school of Baghdad

Document Type : Original Research

Abstract
 The division of Sufiya into Baghdad and Khorasan is not a modern division that emerged from contemporary research, but it has been of interest since the beginning. Khorasanians were especially aware of this gap between Sufis. Junaid Baghdadi, Maruf Karkhi and Sari Saqati were the founders of Sahv school in Baghdad. Bayazid Bastami and Ebrahim Adham are also the founders of the Sokar school in Khorasan. In the school of Khorasan, originality is based on practical mysticism and the principle of sokr. On the other hand, the school of Baghdad includes Sufis subject to the rules of religion, for whom the principle of Sahv was more important. The study of Junaid's life brings us to a mystic who is separate from the Khorasan tradition. The Sahv school of Junaid did not last long and declined in Baghdad, but it had interesting effects on the school of Khorasan. The mysticism of Khorasan gradually attracted Yaran Junaid and appropriated his thoughts, both theoretically and practically. In the theoretical aspect, the mystical version of Khorasan Sufis of the doctrine of unity, which is known as "the unity of intuitions", is derived from the version of Junaid. Also, Junaid's non-linear model has been an inspiration in practical mysticism in Khorasan school.

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