This thesis explores the concepts of maqāmāt (spiritual stations) and aḥwāl (spiritual states) within the Sufi tradition, with particular attention to their formulation in the thought of Imām al-Ḥaddād, an 11th–12th/17th–18th-century Yemeni scholar. It begins by offering an extensive account of Imām al-Ḥaddād’s background, including his genealogical lineage within the Bā ʿAlawiyya order,...