Monotheistic thought and Sufis in the Fatimid era

Abstract

The Fatimid era occupied an important part of Islamic history. The emergence of the Fatimid state and its existence on the ground was considered a serious challenge to it. It was not just a small, passing state, but rather an Islamic Shiite caliphate. Its existence was considered a challenge to two Islamic caliphates, one in the East, which is the Abbasid Caliphate, and the other in Andalusia, which is the Umayyad Caliphate, and it did not stop.  The Fatimid state, on its small borders, worked to transfer its caliphate to Egypt, and it continued for a long period of time until it was consumed by weakness and fell like any state.

 During the Fatimid era, the Sufi movement found a fertile environment to spread and several orders were formed. The Fatimid caliphs worked during this period to support the Sufi orders, especially with the similarity in many ideas and beliefs. The Fatimid preachers, in their method of preaching, resembled the Sufis in many aspects, which made  Their call was successful in many respects, and many Sufis had ideas and beliefs that linked them to the Fatimids. Sufi monotheistic thought, amid Islamic ideas and conflicting trends, played an important role in bringing peace between people and working to bring viewpoints closer together.

 The research relied on the historical approach, which relies on research and work to provide scientific material, criticize it, and analyze it to reach the historical truth.