Salik

Term for a follower of Sufism

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* Sufi cosmology
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* Tazkiah
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Practices

* Anasheed
* Dhikr
* Haḍra
* Muraqabah
* Qawwali
* Sama
* Whirling
* Ziyarat

Sufi orders

* Alians
* Ba 'Alawi
* Bektashi
* Qadiri
* Chishti
* Naqshbandi
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* Rifaʽi
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* Rahmani
* Badawi
* Burhani
* Tijani
* Darqawi
* Idrisi
* Senusi
* Bayrami
* Jelveti
* Maizbhandari
* Malamati
* Mouridi
* Sülaymaniyya
* Salihiyya
* Azeemia
* Kubrawi
* Mevlevi
* Shattari
* Uwaisi
* Hurufi
* Ni'matullāhī
* Nuqtavi
* Qalandari
* Safavi
* Zahabiya
* Akbari
* Galibi
* Haqqani Anjuman
* Inayati
* Issawiyya
* Jerrahi
* Madari
* Mahdavi
* Noorbakshi
* Zahedi
* Zikri

List of sufis

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Topics in Sufism

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* Tariqa
* Haqiqa
* Ma'rifa
* Art
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* Sufi music
* Persecution
* Ziyarat

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A sālik is a follower of Sufism, from the verb salaka which means to travel or follow, related to sulūk "pathway". Sulūk here specifically refers to a spiritual path, i.e. the combination of the two "paths" that can be followed in religion, the exoteric path or shariah, and the esoteric path or haqiqa. The "path" metaphor is derived from the Qur'an: see sura 16, (An-Nahl, The Bees), ayat 69:

faslukī subula rabbiki dhululan "and follow the ways of your Lord made easy [for you]", which uses the imperative of the verb salaka which means to follow or to travel.

A sālik is also called murid when one becomes a disciple to one particular spiritual teacher (murshid) or a Sufi master.

## See also

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* Tariqa
* Talibe
* Murid
* Wasil
* Majzoob
* Muqarrab
* Arif [ar]

## References

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* L. Levisohn, 'The Spiritual Journey in Kubrawi Sufism' in: Lawson (ed.), Reason and Inspiration in Islam: Theology, Philosophy and Mysticism in Muslim Thought, 2006, ISBN 9781850434702, [books.google.ch/books?id=Bq9zSbNr8gIC&pg=PA364 364-379].

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Sufism terminology

Sufis|

* Abdal
* Ahl al-Khutwa
* Al-Insān al-Kāmil
* Bash Hezzab
* Dervish
* Fakir
* Hafiz
* Hezzab
* Imam
* Khatib
* Majzoob
* Marabout
* Mudaqiq [ar]
* Muqaddam
* Muqarrab
* Murshid
* Mutahaqiq [ar]
* Murid
* Nass al-Houdhour
* Pir
* Qalandar
* Qāriʾ
* Qutb
* Rabbani
* Salik
* Sheikh
* Siddiq
* Sufis ranks
* Talibe
* The Seven ranks [ar]
* Wali
* Wasil

Concepts|

* Aayane [ar]
* Aayane Thabita [ar]
* Aql
* Baqaa
* Dhawq
* Fana
* Ghaflah
* Hal
* Hijab
* Huwa
* Ihsan
* Ishq
* Ismul Azam
* Lataif-e-Sitta
* Maqam
* Nafs
* Qalb
* Ran
* Rūḥ
* Sadr
* Yaqeen

Awrad|

* Dhikr
* Djamaa [ar]
* Djoua [ar]
* Dua
* Ibara [ar]
* Ichara [ar]
* Latifa
* Lazimi
* Muhasabah
* Muraqabah
* Raising hands in Dua
* Sabr
* Sahar [ar]
* Salat al-Fatih
* Salawat
* Samt [ar]
* Shuhud [ar]
* Shukr
* Sufism pillars
* Tafakur
* Tahara [ar]
* Tahlia [ar]
* Takhlia [ar]
* Tawajud [ar]
* Tawakkul
* Tawassul
* Tazkiah
* Uzla [ar]
* Wajd
* Wazifa
* Zarruqiyya
* Wird
* Zuhd

Waridates|

* Barakah
* Basirah
* Bast [ar]
* Djadba [ar]
* Fath [ar]
* Haqiqa
* Hidayah
* Ilham
* Irfan
* Ishrak
* Karamat
* Kashf
* Khatir
* Ma'rifa
* Nūr
* Qabdh [ar]
* Rabita [ar]
* Ru'ya
* Secret
* Tajalli
* Thawab
* Uns [ar]
* Walayah
* Warid

Misconducts|

* Antinomianism
* Rahbaniya
* Shath
* Taqabbur
* Zandaqa

Ceremonies|

* Ashura
* Bay'ah
* Haḍra
* Hizb Rateb
* Idjaza
* Mawlid
* Mawsim
* Salka
* Sbooa [fr]
* Sebiba
* Silsila
* Sufi orders
* Tariqa
* Tweeza
* Wezeea
* Ziyarat

Arts|

* Ashewiq [ar]
* Madih nabawi
* Nasheed
* Naʽat
* Qawwali
* Sama
* Sufi cosmology
* Sufism history
* Sufi literature
* Sufi metaphysics
* Sufi music
* Sufis persecution
* Sufi philosophy
* Sufi poetry
* Sufi psychology
* Sufi whirling

Places|

* Daara
* Dargah
* Datuk Keramat
* Eidgah
* Gonbad
* Gongbei
* Jama masjid
* Jama'at Khana
* Khalwa
* Khalawi
* Khanqah
* Külliye
* Kuttab
* Madrasa
* Maqam
* Maqbara
* Mausoleum
* Mazar
* Mosque
* Musalla
* Qubba
* Rauza
* Ribat
* Surau
* Takya
* Turbah
* Türbe
* Zawiya

Objects|

* Ammama
* Balgha
* Burnous
* Djellaba
* Gandoura
* Jellabiya
* Khirqa
* Misbaha
* Miswak
* Prayer rug
* Qashabiya
* Tagelmust
* Taqiyah
* Tarboosh
* Turban

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