1.0Exploring Ibn Arabi, Mysticism and Sufismhttps://ebnearabi.com/enEditorhttps://ebnearabi.com/en/author/ebnadmin/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="722BhxAH4R"><a href="https://ebnearabi.com/en/2023/06/23/refutations-of-mysticism-in-lucknow-hawzah/">Refutations of mysticism in Lucknow hawzah</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://ebnearabi.com/en/2023/06/23/refutations-of-mysticism-in-lucknow-hawzah/embed/#?secret=722BhxAH4R" width="600" height="338" title="“Refutations of mysticism in Lucknow hawzah” — Exploring Ibn Arabi, Mysticism and Sufism" data-secret="722BhxAH4R" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://ebnearabi.com/en/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://ebnearabi.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/IMG_20230623_040341_343.jpg717356Within the Shi‘i community (of north India) the new Usuli school faced no more formidable contenders for control over religious institutions and notable patronage than Sufi leaders. The notables in Awadh did not originally hold the ulama and mujtahids in high esteem, rather honored Sufi pirs. Sufis believed in the metaphysical doctrine of existential monism …