The Study of Vilayat in the Works of Qhoshairi

Subject Areas : Islamic Mysticism

mehdi sharifian ¹ , Shahla Elliepour ²

1 - Professor, Persian Language and Literature, University of Hamedan, Hamedan, Iran. Elliepour
2 - PHD Student, Persian Language and Literature, University of Hamedan, Hamedan, Iran.

Received: 2022-03-07 Accepted : 2022-03-07 Published : 2022-03-21

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Abstract :

The principle of vilayat is as the inside of prophecy and the basis of the path of Sufism and gnosisism. The authority of vilayat belongs to those whom God has been trustee thema and has been protected from rebellion and disobedience and has chosen as his special friend. The issue of saintship which allows the elder and saint to adept in moods of mystic, is one of the points Sufis emphasis in all periods of Islamic mysticism and Sufism. Ghoshairi in his works, especially in the Epistle of Ghoshairiyeh, expresses many of the basic concepts of mysticism and Sufism including vilayat and he has presented the oldest definition of it and because of his influence on the later works, study of his works on vilayat can clarify the general ideas surrounding this issue in Islamic Sufism; Hence, in this paper which is based on a text-based and librarian method, the mystical foundations of vilayat and the factors of its realization in humans is expressed of Qhoshairi's view and presented systematically. The results indicate that vilayat in the Ghoshairi’s works is a forgiven or obtained subject and belonging to those God have eradicated human traits from them and has turned into divine attributes and it's most workable with an adept and elder. He knows wonder wrought as a fantasy matter and a sign of truth saint (vali)