Influence of Sufism teachings on Vaez Kashefi's Maqtal Negary in Ruzat Al-Shohada

From the seventh century onwards, with the expansion of Sufism thoughts throughout the Islamic world and the close ties between Sufism and Shiism like some other religious and historical documents, Sufi approaches entered into Karbala’s Maqtal Negary. We can investigate this issue by studying the written texts and tracing the characteristics of sufism thoughts in them. By implementing analytical and descriptive methods and relying on library research, this study tries to find answer to the question Was Kashefi’s Ruzat Al-Shohada (10th century, A.H) as one of the most famous Maqtal of Karbala influenced by Sufi thoughts The findings of this study suggested that Ruzat Al-Shohada which was written in Persian language and comprised the virtues and difficulties undertaken by Ahl Al-Bayt (AS), particularly Imam Hussein (AS) was largely affected by Sufi discourse due to Vaez Kashefi’s inclination towards Naqshbandi orientation. In fact the features of sufi thought is evident in different topics referred to by the author This in turn had led to the inclusion of some distortions in the narration of Karbala incident.