Edexcel GCSE Religious Studies A · 1RA0
Specification 4.5, 4.6 · Paper 1, Paper 2
Revise: Sufi Ways of LifeA tariqa, or Sufi order, follows a particular spiritual path, with its own inherited teachings and practices. A silsila is the chain through which teaching passes from teacher to disciple. This gives an order continuity rather than leaving each generation to invent its own path.
- Revise: The Role of the Sheikh in Sufism
A spiritual path in Sufism; the term also refers to an organised Sufi order.