Abu Abd ar-rahman as-Sulami (d. 412/ 1021) as a commentator of the sufism tradition in Khorasan and his understanding of sufism

Some of the centers, masters, Sufi teachings and matters are primarily addressed in the works written during the development period of Sufism, and in this respect, two primary trends, Iraq and Khorasan, have stood out. A great majority of works have been written by Sufi authors brought up in Iraq during the codification period of Sufism as a discipline of religion. The most important author outstanding in the Sufism tradition of Khorasan is Abu Abd ar-Rahman as-Sulami. In this study, the fundamental characteristics of Sufism tradition of Khorasan will be determined by focusing on the works and ideas of as-Sulami, and in particular, what kind of results the differentiating aspects of this tradition from other Sufism traditions ensued in terms of the formation of Sufism will be investigated. Thus, the matters such as as-Sulami's understanding of Sufism, his contributions to the formation progress of Sufism, his impacts on bringing Sufism tradition of Khorasan to light and the fundamental issues of Khorasan will be mentioned. We endeavored to determine the significance of as-Sulami in the tradition of Sufism thought, his contributions to the codification of Sufism as a discipline of religion, and primary issues of Sufism tradition of Khorasan through his ideas in the first section of this study, consisting of an introduction, three sections and a conclusion. In the second section, we endeavored to make observations and dwell upon the meaning of the fundamental matters, put forward by the Khorasan tradition, in the Sufist tradition of thought by examining the Khorasan tradition. Thus, we made an effort to offer a general framework on futuwwa (morals) and malamah (blame), putting forward the general characteristics of Khorasan tradition. In the third section, we studied the manifestation of hal (conditions) and maqam (degrees) on the understanding of as-Sulami. At this point, we aimed to evaluate the contact points and differences between the views of as-Sulami, the Khorasan commentator, regarding the hal and maqam, and the approach of Baghdad commentator Sufists