ABSTRACT

Čishtiyya or Chistiyya Major sūfī (q.v.) order founded in India by Mu'īn al-Dīn Hasan Čishtī (c. 537/1142-633/1236), after whom it is called. The order in India was early influenced by the writings of Shihāb al-Dīn Abū Hafs al-Suhrawardī, and, like Ibn al-'Arabī (q.v.), it adhered to the doctrine of 'Unity (or Oneness) of Being' (Wahdat al-Wujūd). Its attitudes were both ascetic and pacific and it also placed much emphasis on the recitation of the sūfī dhikr (q.v.), among other mystical and ascetical practices. The order became divided into a number of major branches, notably the Sābiriyya and the Nizāmiyya. Despite the adoption of the above-mentioned al-Suhrawardī's writings, the order is not, in fact, part of the Suhrawardiyya (q.v.). (See al-Suhrawardī; Tasawwuf.) Cistern See Hawd

Civil War See Fitna; Ridda.