Salik

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A salik is a person who enganged in Islamic spiritual path or sufism. The word derived from arabic word suluk, which means to walk a (spiritual) path (to God). To become a salik, one must follow both the outer path (exoterism, shariah) and the inner path (esoterism, haqiqa) of Islam virtuously.

A salik is also called murid when one becomes a disciple to one particular spiritual teacher (murshid) or a sufi master.

[edit] See also

In other languages