The Requirements of the Sufi PathSufism through the eyes of a legal scholar In The Requirements of the Sufi Path, the renowned North African historian and jurist Ibn Khaldn applies his analytical powers to Sufism, which he deems a bona fide form of Islamic piety. Ibn Khaldn is widely known for his groundbreaking work as a sociologist and historian, in particular for the Muqaddimah, the introduction to his massive universal history. In The Requirements of the Sufi Path, he writes from