Sufism

This book written offers an elucidation on the most outstanding Sufi figure in Central Asia, specifically in the City of Merv, Khawaja Yusuf Hamadani. The book comprises six chapters. The first chapter expounds the development of Sufism from the early phase to the formations of Sufi orders including the background of social, cultural and spiritual life in Central Asia before the presence of Khawaja Yusuf Hamadani, while chapter two deals with the explanation of his biodata. Chapter three covers the first main point of writing the book. An in-depth study of Khawaja Yusuf Hamadani’s thought on Sufism has been successfully highlighted by producing the reinterpretation of his views on several topics discussed in the field of Sufism. The chapter, then followed by chapter four which clarifies Khawaja Yusuf Hamadani’s Sufi practice by presenting a new look to his Sufi practices. In chapter five, the book explicates how Khawaja Yusuf Hamadani's teachings influenced the formation of Yasawiyya and Naqshbandiyya Tariqah.