This thesis is a study of the doctrine of maqämät (stations) and ahwal (states), the crucial doctrine of süfism, as described in two different books, al-Risalah al-Qushayriyah and Kashf al-Mahjüb, by two different masters of Süfism: one Sunni-Shafiri, al-Qushayri, the other Sunni-Hanafi, al-Hujwīrī. After introducing their positions in the history of süfism, the thesis examines their ba…