Abstract

This paper is devoted to a study of the place of wilayah and wait in the mystical ideas of Shaykh Najm al-Din Kubra. The writer has also provided a short comparison of Shaykh's ideas in this regard with those of Rumi. The paper begins with an extensive report on Shaykh's status among mystics, his biography, and his works. Considering his religion, two views are presented here. According to the first he is Shafiiand according to the second, with which the writer seems to be more in agreement and has presented some evidence in this regard, he is Shiite. The rest of the article deals with probing into, expounding, and clarifying the place of wilayah and wait in Shaykh Najma al-Din Kubra's mysticism.