In continuation to the previous post about the existing Sufi orders of India before Naqshabandias arrived at the scene.
Sirhindi and his followers effectively captured the Sufi's (Chishtis) idea of spiritual life and appeal. It is very tempting to compare this with how Sikhism developed into a 'religion'. A cross-play of doctrinical-strictness, political power, and rejection of assimilation. Compare this with the history of Sufism in India.
From the above link provided by Mudy:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Sirhindi appeared on the Indian scene during the reign of the Mughal emperor Akbar (1556â1605), who systematically attempted to make Islam and the ruling dynasty more acceptable to the non-Muslim Indians. The most conspicuous step in this direction was his abolition of the jizyah, a tax that Islamic law imposes on the non-Muslim inhabitants of a Muslim state. Sirhindi strongly opposed Akbar's conciliatory policy toward the Hindus. He made devastating attacks on Hinduism and maintained that the honor of Islam required the humiliation of the infidels and the resolute imposition of Islamic law upon them. Because Sirhindi expressed these views in letters to officials of the Mughal court, numerous scholars have credited him with reversing the heretical trends of Akbar's era and with restoring pristine purity to Indian Islam.
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Sirhindi and his followers effectively captured the Sufi's (Chishtis) idea of spiritual life and appeal. It is very tempting to compare this with how Sikhism developed into a 'religion'. A cross-play of doctrinical-strictness, political power, and rejection of assimilation. Compare this with the history of Sufism in India.
From the above link provided by Mudy:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Sirhindi appeared on the Indian scene during the reign of the Mughal emperor Akbar (1556â1605), who systematically attempted to make Islam and the ruling dynasty more acceptable to the non-Muslim Indians. The most conspicuous step in this direction was his abolition of the jizyah, a tax that Islamic law imposes on the non-Muslim inhabitants of a Muslim state. Sirhindi strongly opposed Akbar's conciliatory policy toward the Hindus. He made devastating attacks on Hinduism and maintained that the honor of Islam required the humiliation of the infidels and the resolute imposition of Islamic law upon them. Because Sirhindi expressed these views in letters to officials of the Mughal court, numerous scholars have credited him with reversing the heretical trends of Akbar's era and with restoring pristine purity to Indian Islam.
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