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The concept of the "Perfect Man" (alInsan alKamil) lie at the root of Sufism where every man is<br />
suppose to strive towards this ultimate state of man similar to the concept of progressive sanctification<br />
here and now in this life and be justified before the final judgment.<br />
This can be achieved through the right action to fulfill !" # $, an % <br />
concerned with actions, and an inner law concerned with one's own spiritual life.<br />
The outer law of rules pertaining to worship, transactions, marriage, judicial rulings, and criminal<br />
law—what is often referred to, broadly, as qanun.<br />
The % of Sufism consists of rules about repentance from sin, the purging of contemptible<br />
qualities and evil traits of character, and adornment with virtues and good character.<br />
The typical early Sufi Teacher lived in a cell of a mosque and taught a small band of disciples & a<br />
tradition which can be traced to Hebrew Rabbinical Schools and certainly to the monastic orders. A<br />
Sufi student enters the faith by seeking a teacher. Sufism emphasises a strong relationship between<br />
the seeker and the teacher. The Sufi community grows around a teacher.<br />
% ! Sufis are an an outgrowth of Islam arising from syncretism with the Christians who<br />
were forced to join Islam as a compromise and tolerance. According to Marshall Hodgson, the Muslim<br />
conquests had brought large numbers of Christian monks and hermits, especially in Syria and Egypt,<br />
under the rule of Muslims. When Nubia was ran over by the Muslim invaders, they retained their<br />
spiritual life after the conquests, and this eventually led to the founding of Sufism. It is more like the<br />
Christian Pentecostal Movement which insists on going beyond external and legalistic forms to<br />
seek a personal experience of God through forms of meditation and spiritual growth. A number of Sufi<br />
orders, comparable to Christian monastic orders, exist.<br />
Eminent Sufis such as Ali Hujwiri claim that the tradition first began with Ali ibn Abi Talib. the cousin<br />
and son&in&law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, ruling over the Islamic Caliphate from 656 to 661.<br />
Junayd of Baghdad regarded Ali as the Sheikh of the principles and practices of Sufism.<br />
https://3roadblog.wordpress.com/2012/06/08/whirling&to&allah/<br />
"In <strong>Sudan</strong>, every Friday, an hour before sunset, a large group of sufis, city dwellers who believes in the<br />
spiritual powers of sufi and tourists gathers at the Cemetary around the tomb of Sheikh Hamed al&Nil in
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