The purpose of this study is to gain a comprehensive information about the concept of zuhd that is explained in Risalah al Qushayriyyah authored by al Qushayriyyah authored by al Qushayri. The study is formulated wihin the concept and history of zuhud, namely zuhd as a maqam [stage] and zuhd as an akhlaq [moral]. The research uses interpretation method. According to al Qushayri, zuhd is resigna…
The term 'Asceticism' has been used by historians and social scientists as the translation of the Islamic concept of zuhd. Up to today scholars kept using the term to describe the phenomenon of zuhd. Eminent orientalists, such as Goldziher, Nicholson and Massignon have used the word 'asceticism' to render the word 'zuhd'. Other's, such as the Arabist A. J. Arberry renders the term as 'abstinanc…