Jahriyya

Jahriyya
Chinese name
Chinese哲赫林耶
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhéhèlínyē
other Mandarin
Xiao'erjingجْحْلٍاِئ
Alternative Chinese name
Chinese哲合忍耶
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhéhérěnyē
other Mandarin
Xiao'erjingجْحْژٍاِئ
Arabic name
Arabicجهرية

Jahriyya (also spelled Jahrīya or Jahriyah) is a menhuan (Sufi order) in China, commonly called the New Teaching (Xinjiao). Founded in the 1760s by Ma Mingxin, it was active in the late 18th and 19th centuries in what was then Gansu Province (also including parts of today's Qinghai and Ningxia), when its followers were involved in a number of conflicts with other Muslim groups and in several rebellions against China's ruling Qing dynasty.

The name comes from the Arabic word jahr (جهر), referring to their practice of vocally performing the dhikr (invocation of the name of God). This contrasted with the more typical Naqshbandi practice of performing it silently, as observed by the Khufiyya or Old Teaching.[1]

  1. ^ Gladney 1996, pp. 48–49