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Rituals of Islamic Spirituality – Study of majils dhikr groups in East Java by Arif Zamhari

Rituals of Islamic Spirituality

This beautiful study by Arif Zamhari offers a rare glimpse into the practices of Islamic spirituality in contemporary Java. 

Dr Zamhari focuses on three distinct groups in East Java who gather under the inspired religious leadership of a notable kyai to invoke the Divine Names in the remembrance of God ( Dhikr Allah). 

Each of the groups is remarkably different yet they adhere to a common tradition that has deep historical roots.

 At present, these groups are the popular manifestation of a resurgent devotional Islam — an open, active, and engaging form of Sub worship. 

Dr Zamhari’s study also provides remarkable insights into the working of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) at a grass-roots level.

 Each of the groups, which Dr Zamhari designates as Majlis Dhikr, has established itself under the broad umbrella of NU orthodoxy. 

Yet none of Majlis Dhikr has been given the formal recognition of mu’tabarah that NU has accorded tarekat such as Naqshabandiyah, Qadiriyah, Shattiriyah or Tijaniyah.

 Indeed the issue of recognition has arisen primarily in relation to just one of these groups, the Salawat Wahidiyat;

 the other two groups, the Istighathat Ihsaniyyat and the Dhikr al-Ghafifin, are even less formally constituted. 

Thus in studying Sufi devotional practice that occurs outside the bounds of organized tarekat, Dr Zamhari has had to develop an appropriate terminology to locate such diverse groups within a pertinent frame of reference. 

His efforts are as innovative as they are revealing. 

Although these groups and others like them can not be considered as tarekat, they share much in common with tarekat and are part of a spiritual continuum that is closely linked to the tarekat tradition on Java. 

As Dr Zamhari makes clear, to understand Islam on Java, it is essential to perceive the full spectrum of its religiosity. This book leads into the world of tasawuf — the mystic teachings of Islam. 

Dr Zamhari devotes considerable attention to an exegesis of critical concepts underlying the spiritual practices of the Majlis Dhikr and the interpretative basis for these practices within orthodox teaching. 

At the same time, he is able to tie his exegesis to a living tradition. He is

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