HUMANISTIC IDEAS: KINDNESS, GENEROSITY, AND TOLERANCE IN THE WORK OF MAVERANNHAR SCIENTISTS
Keywords:
Maverannahr, Central Asia, Imam Bukhari, Termez, Imam Tirmizi, Shash, Hastimam, Abu Bakr Kaffal Shashi, Zangiata, Sheikh Umar Bagistani, Sheikh Khavand Takhur, tolerance, humanism, kindness, generosity.Abstract
During the medieval period in Mawarannahr, eminent scholars such as Imam Bukhari, Imam Tirmizi, Abu Bakr Kaffal Shashi, and Abu Lais Samarkandi were actively engaged in the study and propagation of Islamic sciences. Concurrently, Sufi luminaries like Zangiota, Sheikh Umar Bagistani, and Sheikh Havand Tahur also resided in the region. This period of intellectual activity was juxtaposed with the Mongol invasion, which precipitated a crisis in the socio-cultural fabric of Central Asian societies. It was during this epoch that Islamic trends or tariqats such as Yassawiya, Kubrawiya, and Naqshbandiya emerged.
This study delves into the exploration of the principles of tolerance, humanism, benevolence, and generosity as espoused in the works and activities of scholars like Imam Tirmizi, Abu Bakr Kaffal Shashi, and Sufi figures including Zangiota, Sheikh Umar Bagistani, Sheikh Havand Tahur.
