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Author |
: Arin Shawkat Salamah-Qudsi |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 335 |
Release |
: 2019 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781108422710 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1108422713 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Synopsis Sufism and Early Islamic Piety by : Arin Shawkat Salamah-Qudsi
Explores aspects of the private lives and interpersonal ties, between the personal and communal domains of early Sufis.
Author |
: Arin Salamah-Qudsi |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 315 |
Release |
: 2019 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1108436900 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781108436908 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (00 Downloads) |
Synopsis Sufism and Early Islamic Piety by : Arin Salamah-Qudsi
Author |
: Christopher Melchert |
Publisher |
: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages |
: 250 |
Release |
: 2020-06-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783110617962 |
ISBN-13 |
: 311061796X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Synopsis Before Sufism by : Christopher Melchert
Christopher Melchert proposes to historicize Islamic renunciant piety (zuhd). As the conquest period wound down in the early eighth century c.e., renunciants set out to maintain the contempt of worldly comfort and loyalty to a greater cause that had characterized the community of Muslims in the seventh century. Instead of reckless endangerment on the battlefield, they cultivated intense fear of the Last Judgement to come. They spent nights weeping, reciting the Qur’an, and performing supererogatory ritual prayers. They stressed other-worldliness to the extent of minimizing good works in this world. Then the decline of tribute from the conquered peoples and conversion to Islam made it increasingly unfeasible for most Muslims to keep up any such régime. Professional differentiation also provoked increasing criticism of austerity. Finally, in the later ninth century, a form of Sufism emerged that would accommodate those willing and able to spend most of their time on religious devotions, those willing and able to spend their time on other religious pursuits such as law and hadith, and those unwilling or unable to do either.
Author |
: Christopher Melchert |
Publisher |
: de Gruyter |
Total Pages |
: 250 |
Release |
: 2020-06-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 3110616513 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9783110616514 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (13 Downloads) |
Synopsis Before Sufism by : Christopher Melchert
Christopher Melchert proposes to historicize Islamic renunciant piety (zuhd). As the conquest period wound down in the early eighth century c.e., renunciants set out to maintain the contempt of worldly comfort and loyalty to a greater cause that had characterized the community of Muslims in the seventh century. Instead of reckless endangerment on the battlefield, they cultivated intense fear of the Last Judgement to come. They spent nights weeping, reciting the Qur'an, and performing supererogatory ritual prayers. They stressed other-worldliness to the extent of minimizing good works in this world. Then the decline of tribute from the conquered peoples and conversion to Islam made it increasingly unfeasible for most Muslims to keep up any such régime. Professional differentiation also provoked increasing criticism of austerity. Finally, in the later ninth century, a form of Sufism emerged that would accommodate those willing and able to spend most of their time on religious devotions, those willing and able to spend their time on other religious pursuits such as law and hadith, and those unwilling or unable to do either.
Author |
: Feryal Salem |
Publisher |
: BRILL |
Total Pages |
: 173 |
Release |
: 2016-06-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789004314481 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9004314482 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (81 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Emergence of Early Sufi Piety and Sunnī Scholasticism by : Feryal Salem
In the figure of ʿAbdallāh b. al-Mubārak (118–181/736–797), we find a paragon of the fields of ḥadīth, zuhd, and jihād, as attested to by the large number of references to him in the classical Islamic texts. His superior rank as a ḥadīth transmitter earned him the title “commander of the faithful” in ḥadīth. He contributed to Islamic law at its early phases of development, practiced jihād, composed poetry, and participated in various theological discussions. In addition, Ibn al-Mubārak was a pioneer in writing on piety and was later regarded by many mystics as one of the earliest figures of Sufism. Ibn al-Mubārak’s position during the formative period of Islamic thought illustrates the unique evolution of zuhd, ḥadīth, and jihād; these form a junction in the biography of Ibn al-Mubārak in a way that distinctively illuminates the second/eighth-century dynamics of nascent Sunnī identity. Furthermore, Ibn al-Mubārak’s status as a fighter and pious figure of the Late Antique period reveals a great deal about the complex relationship between the early Muslim community and the religiously diverse setting which it inhabited. This critical and comprehensive monograph of ʿAbdallāh b. al-Mubārak situates him within the larger context of the social and religious milieu of Late Antiquity. It explores the formation of Sunnī identity in the second Islamic century and demonstrates the way in which it manifested itself through networks of pious scholars who defined, preserved, and passed on what they understood to be normative Islamic practice and beliefs from one generation of Muslim intellectuals to another.
Author |
: Daphna Ephrat |
Publisher |
: Harvard CMES |
Total Pages |
: 244 |
Release |
: 2008 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0674032012 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780674032019 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (12 Downloads) |
Synopsis Spiritual Wayfarers, Leaders in Piety by : Daphna Ephrat
This book represents the first continuous history of Sufism in Palestine. Covering the period between the rise of Islam and the spread of Ottoman rule and drawing on vast biographical material and complementary evidence, the book describes the social trajectory that Sufism followed. The narrative centers on the process by which ascetics, mystics, and holy figures living in medieval Palestine and collectively labeled "Sufis," disseminated their traditions, formed communities, and helped shape an Islamic society and space. The work makes an original contribution to the study of the diffusion of Islam's religious traditions and the formation of communities of believers in medieval Palestine, as well as the Islamization of Palestinian landscape and the spread of popular religiosity in this area. The study of the area-specific is placed within the broader context of the history of Sufism, and the book is laced with observations about the historical social dimensions of Islamic mysticism in general. Central to its subject matters are the diffusion of Sufi traditions, the extension of the social horizons of Sufism, and the emergence of institutions and public spaces around the Sufi friend of God. As such, the book is of interest to historians in the fields of Sufism, Islam, and the Near East.
Author |
: Ahmet T. Karamustafa |
Publisher |
: Edinburgh University Press |
Total Pages |
: 216 |
Release |
: 2007-04-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780748628971 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0748628975 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (71 Downloads) |
Synopsis Sufism by : Ahmet T. Karamustafa
This book is a comprehensive historical overview of the formative period of Sufism, the major mystical tradition in Islam, from the ninth to the twelfth century CE. Based on a fresh reading of the primary sources and integrating the findings of recent scholarship on the subject, the author presents a unified narrative of Sufism's historical development within an innovative analytical framework. Karamustafa gives a new account of the emergence of mystical currents in Islam during the ninth century and traces the rapid spread of Iraq-based Sufism to other regions of the Islamic world and its fusion with indigenous mystical movements elsewhere, most notably the Malr cultural context
Author |
: R. Rozehnal |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 281 |
Release |
: 2016-04-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780230605725 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0230605729 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (25 Downloads) |
Synopsis Islamic Sufism Unbound by : R. Rozehnal
Robert Rozehnal traces the ritual practices and identity politics of a contemporary Sufi order in Pakistan: the Chishti Sabris. He takes multiple perspectives from the rich Urdu writings of Twentieth Century Sufi masters, to the complex spiritual life of contemporary disciples and the order's growing transnational networks.
Author |
: Meier |
Publisher |
: BRILL |
Total Pages |
: 774 |
Release |
: 2021-11-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789004492073 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9004492070 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (73 Downloads) |
Synopsis Essays on Islamic Piety and Mysticism by : Meier
Fritz Meier (1912-1998) is one of the most outstanding Orientalists of this century. His publications combine masterful philological method and precision, profound and penetrating textual interpretation, and a wide-ranging familiarity with primary sources which may truly be characterized as phenomenal. Among the numerous fields in which he has undertaken original research, Persian poetry and Islamic mysticism (Sufism) in the widest sense stand out in particular. His work on Sufism covers the whole of the Islamic world and Islamic history from its beginnings up to the 20th century. The present provides for the first time a translation of 15 of Fritz Meier's seminal articles. The selected articles deal with the history of Sufism; Sufi morals and practices such as dhikr and samā‘; the historical development of the master-disciple relationship; Ibn Taymiyya's attitude toward Sufism; pious devotional practices such as making use of the tasliya; essential sources for the history of Sufism in the Maghreb and the Almoravids. Extensive indices facilitate the use of this epoch-making work.
Author |
: Meena Sharify-Funk |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 322 |
Release |
: 2017-12-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781134879991 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1134879997 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (91 Downloads) |
Synopsis Contemporary Sufism by : Meena Sharify-Funk
What is Sufism? Contemporary views vary tremendously, even among Sufis themselves. Contemporary Sufism: Piety, Politics, and Popular Culture brings to light the religious frameworks that shape the views of Sufism’s friends, adversaries, admirers, and detractors and, in the process, helps readers better understand the diversity of contemporary Sufism, the pressures and cultural openings to which it responds, and the many divergent opinions about contemporary Sufism’s relationship to Islam. The three main themes: piety, politics, and popular culture are explored in relation to the Islamic and Western contexts that shape them, as well as to the historical conditions that frame contemporary debates. This book is split into three parts: • Sufism and anti-Sufism in contemporary contexts; • Contemporary Sufism in the West: Poetic influences and popular manifestations; • Gendering Sufism: Tradition and transformation. This book will fascinate anyone interested in the challenges of contemporary Sufism as well as its relationship to Islam, gender, and the West. It offers an ideal starting point from which undergraduate and postgraduate students, teachers and lecturers can explore Sufism today.