Dreams, Sufism and Sainthood —— The Visionary Career of Muhammad al-Zawâwî

----- 梦想，苏菲主义和圣人:穆罕默德·扎瓦维的梦想生涯

ISBN: 9789004105997 出版年：1996 页码：286 Katz Brill

Based on Muhammad al-Zawawi's extraordinary diary of 109 dream conversations with the Prophet Muhammad, this study provides a rare, intimate view of 15th-century North African Muslim life. The study reconstructs Zawawi's lifestory over a critical ten-year period and examines his career as a sufi in the historical context of North Africa and Mamluk Cairo. Psychological aspects of Zawawi's religious experience are thoroughly explored. The concluding chapter provides an introduction to the role of dreams and visions in medieval Islam. Particular attention is paid to the way Zawawi and his successors used their visions to legitimate claims to being awliya', or living saints.