He considers that Sufism is very important to encounter...

He considers that Sufism is very important to encounter negative effects of a materialistic modern civilization. He offers Sufism to be the basis of morals. Here he refers to a Sufism which is different from the complicated mystical practices such as in Javanese mystic and tareqat [^7] .

He accepts Sufism in conjunction with Ibn Khaldun, that Islamic Sufism is to teach the student become*‘abid* (devoted Moslem), zahid (not greedy), and laku (take a distant with improperly world desires) (Simuh, 1999: 31) Of course, it is also supplement to law enforcement. All the above mentioned concepts are very important and they are sufficient for general purposes, however they are not complete for those who want to obtain spiritual feeling. One p opular method to obtain spiritual…