Asian Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities
  • Year: 2022
  • Volume: 12
  • Issue: 4

Interpretation of the concept zuhd (asceticism) in the early islamic period

1Teacher, Department UNESCO Chair in the Comparative Study of World Religions, International Islamic Academy of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Email id: gulnoraxudoyberganova@iiau.uz

Online Published on 24 May, 2022.

Abstract

This article analyzes the evolution of the phenomenon of zuhd(asceticism) in the early period of Islam in the field of religious phenomenology, as well as the ascetic movements observed in the III centuries AH, the regional and common features of the first ascetic schools.

Keywords

Islam, Zuhd, Zahid, Makomat, Hanif, Zuhd Schools, Sufism