Bijiachang Menhuan
Bijiachang Menhuan ( Chinese 毕 家 场 门 宦 , Pinyin Bìjiāchǎng ménhuàn ) is a branch of the Khufiyya - Menhuan , one of the four major Islamic schools in China. His Qubba (Ch. Gongbei, the sanctuary of the sacred domed building over the grave of school founder) is located in Bijiachang west of the city Linxia of Autonomous Prefecture Linxia Hui in the northwest China province of Gansu , the name of the school which is derived.
The school's founder, Ma Zongsheng 马宗生 or 'Abd-ul Rahman (1639–1719), had Persian ancestors. In his childhood he learned Arabic in a mosque in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province . He later became an Akhund there and then Imam of the mosque. Then he went to Linxia in Gansu and became a senior Akhund of a mosque. In 1673 he went to Xining in Qinghai to learn from Apak Hodscha , the famous Islamic scholar and leader of the Aqtaghliq (Chinese Baishan pai , a Naqschbandi order ) in Xinjiang , and accepted the Khufiyya belief. After returning to Linxia, he began his missionary work. He advocated that the various schools of Islam respect each other, no matter how different they were, and that they did not reject others or fight with people of other faiths.
This school had no conflicts with other schools and even allowed its followers to build mosques with believers from other schools and to hold services together. The question of succession is regulated by inheritance. Believing this school are mainly about Linxia , Hezheng and Lintan in the province of Gansu , Songpan County in the province of Sichuan and Xiji Autonomous Region Ningxia of Hui scattered.
Chiefs
- Ma Zongsheng马宗生
- Ma Yiqing马一清
- Ma Dawude马达乌德
- Ma abutula马 阿卜杜拉
- Ma Yiulaxin马 易卜拉欣
- Ma Yideliqi马伊德里斯
- Ma Kun马 堃
- Ma Gama马 尕 麻
- Ma Housaini马 侯 赛 尼
- Ma Guozhen马国珍
See also
literature
- Ma Tong : Zhongguo Yisilan jiaopai yu menhuan zhidu shilüe (Brief History of Chinese Islamic Schools and the Menhuan System). Yinchuan: Ningxia Renmin Chubanshe 1983
- Michael Dillon: China's Muslim Hui Community 1999
Web links
- chinaculture.org: Bijiachang Menhuan - English
- chinaculture.org Bijiachang menhuan - Chinese
- Bijiachang menhuan - Chinese
- Bijiachang menhuan - Chinese
- Yisilanjiao Sufei Hufeiye menhuan Bijiachang gongbei jianshi (Brief history of the gongbei of the Biajiachang-Menhuan of the Islamic Sufi school Khufiyya) - Chinese
References and comments
- ↑ Jahriyya (Zhehelinye 哲赫林耶), Khufiyya (Hufeiye 虎 非 耶), Qadiriyya (Jiadilinye 戛 底 林耶) and Kubrawiyya (Kubulinye 库 不 林耶).
- ↑ 拱北
- ↑ 毕 家 场
- ↑ 阿布 都 若 海 麻 尼 , Abudu Ruohaimani
- ↑ It is evidently the Daxue Xixiang Mosque .
- ↑ a b chinaculture.org: Bijiachang Menhuan ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (found on April 15, 2010)
- ↑ norislam.com: Bijiachang menhuan ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (found on April 15, 2010)
