Making knowledge useful: applying al-Ghazali’s teachings in the Malay world

The eighteenth century scholar of Malay–Arab descent Shaykh Abd al-Samad al-Palimbani wrote a seminal Malay-Jawi text entitled Siyar al-Salikin ila Ibadat Rabb al-Alamin, being a translation-cum-commentary on the Mukhtasar Ihya Ulum al-Din of Abu Hamid al-Ghazali. Abd al-Samad’s Siyar exercised a gr...

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Main Author: Moris, Megawati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies Malaysia (IAIS) 2013
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/35506/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/35506/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/35506/1/Megawati_Moris.pdf