Salik

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A salik is a person who enganged in Islamic spiritual path or sufism. The word derived from Arabic word suluk, which means to walk a (spiritual) path (to God). To become a salik, one must follow both the outer path (exoterism, shariah) and the inner path (esoterism, haqiqa) of Islam virtuously.

A salik is also called murid when one becomes a disciple to one particular spiritual teacher (murshid) or a Sufi master.

[edit] See also

• Suluk
• tariqah
• sufism
• Murid