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Hidayat al-Salikin

Hidayat al-Salikin

Abdul Samad al-Palimbani

Author
Abdul Samad al-Palimbani
Year
1778
Field
Tasawwuf

A Malay Sufi and ethical guide based on al-Ghazali’s Bidayat al-Hidayah, with material added by the author. Completed in 1778, it became one of the most widely studied Sufi texts in the Malay world.

Sources

  1. Azyumardi Azra, The Origins of Islamic Reformism in Southeast Asia (2004)
  2. Peter G. Riddell, Islam and the Malay-Indonesian World (2001)