Thoughts on the Middle East, History and Religion
Posted on 06/30/2012 by marina
SILSILAH. سلسلة
Lit. “A chain.” (1) The line of succession in any Religious order, raced either to some religious leader of reputation, or to the four rightly directed Khalifahs, or to the Prophet himself. (2) An unbroken tradition.
Based on Hughes, Dictionary of Islam
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