“Scientific and Specialized Journal of Modern Literary Research”

“Scientific and Specialized Journal of Modern Literary Research”

Investigating the personality traits of Sheikh Kabir, the mystic of the 4th century and his educational teachings in “Sire Ibn Khafif”

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
freshteh khakbaz 1
hoseyn faghihi 2
1 Master's degree in Persian language and literature, majoring in narrative literature, faculty of literature and humanities, Rahian Novin Danesh Institute of Higher Education, Sari, Mazandaran, Iran.
2 Associate Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Al-Zahra University, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
This research is about educational teachings in the remaining work of the mystic of the 4th century of Hijri, namely “Sire Ibn Khafif”. The author has tried to investigate the educational teachings in the “Sire Ibn Khafif” and his works by using the descriptive and analytical method and using library sources. “Sire Ibn Khafif” was written in Arabic by his student, Abul Hasan Daylami, and written in Persian by Rukn al-Din Yahya bin Junid Shirazi, which has thirteen chapters, and each chapter is about a subject that has educational, moral and religious content. Due to the fact that he was a great mystic and Sufi, he was highly regarded and loved by the people of his time, to the point where they even gave him the title of Sheikh Kabir. According to the study, “Sire Ibn Khafif” paid special attention to performing religious duties such as prayer, fasting, reading the Qur'an, and also had moral virtues such as humility, charity, generosity, fairness, respecting the rights of fellow human beings, etc. It took effective steps in the path of mysticism and Sufism, such as austerity, sharia, monotheism, etc.
Keywords
Ibn Khafif
Ibn Khafif'
s biography
educational teachings
Subjects
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