Al-Risala al-Qushayriyya became a standard textbook in madrasas and Sufi lodges across the Islamic world. It directly influenced later monumental works like Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din by al-Ghazali (who was a student of al-Qushayri’s son) and ‘Awarif al-Ma‘arif by al-Suhrawardi. Even today, when a scholar quotes an early Sufi saying, they often cite it via al-Qushayri’s Risala. The text’s Arabic has been printed countless times in Beirut, Cairo, and Istanbul, and reliable PDF scans of these editions are freely available online, preserving the legacy for a global audience.
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Al-Qushayri critiques both the dry legalism of some jurists and the antinomian excesses of pseudo-Sufis (e.g., those who claimed abolition of prayer). His balanced approach became the hallmark of “Sunni Sufism” for centuries.
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