Ali bin Usman Hujvery Social Norms and Methodology for their Implementation in the light of Kashful Mahjub

Abstract

Hazrat Ali bin Usman Hujvery, a renowned scholar among the saints paved the path for the internal purification as well as the social modification and adaptation of moral norms. Data ganj bakhs methodology is totally based on the moralization of the society, it is in the same way as our forefathers of the chain of Sufism practiced. He insisted on the self-purification by adopting the moral norms of truth, generosity, good will, humanity, sympathy, and compassion. He insisted on the individual practice of moral norms because individuals constitute the society. He has adopted descriptive methodology in his famous book ‘kashful mahjub’ he starts with the Quranic verse in order to prove the norm than he presents the hadith and sayings of aima & scholars in a way that it attracts the hearts for its adaptation . This research paper highlights the social reforms mentioned in the kashful mahjub and methodology of Ali Hajvery.