The Sufi Path of Love - The Spiritual Teachings of Rumi
After making the pilgrimage, Baha' Walad set out for Asia Minor, where he was received warmly inKonya (in present-day Turkey) by the Seljuk king `Ala' al-Din Kayqubad and his erudite vizier,
Mu`in al-Din Parwanah, who was later to become one of Rumi's most influential devotees. Baha'
Walad soon occupied a high position among the city's scholars and was given the title Sultan
al-`ulama', "Sultan of the men of knowledge."
In the tradition of his forebears, Rumi began studying the exoteric sciences at an early age. These
included Arabic grammar, prosody, the Koran, jurisprudence (the science of the Shari`ah),
principles of jurisprudence, Hadith (the sayings of the Prophet), Koranic commentary, history,
dogmatics, theology, logic, philosophy, mathematics, and astronomy. By the time his father died in
628/1231, Rumi was an acknowledged master in these fields. His name is to be found in the old
sources among the lists of the doctors of the Law belonging to the Hanafi school. Given his
erudition, it is not surprising that at the young age of twenty-four he was asked to assume his father's
duties as a preacher and jurisprudent.
When Rumi took over his father's position, he must already have been well versed in the spiritual
techniques and esoteric sciences of Sufism. Since he had been raised by an outstanding Sufi master,
lie could hardly have avoided acquaintance with Sufism, even had he been so inclined. However this
may be, most sources state that his formal training in Sufism began when Burhan al-Din Tirmidhi, a
high-ranking disciple of Rumi's own father, came to Konya in 629/1232. Until Tirmidhi's death in
638/1240, Rumi practiced the discipline of the spiritual path under his guidance.
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