| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 249 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization
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Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization.
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| Note |
Title from publishers bibliographic system (viewed 19 Jun 2013). |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
This intimate portrayal of the devotional life in early medieval Islamic society demonstrates how Islamic law defined holy behavior. |
| Contents |
Cover; Law and Piety in Medieval Islam; Series; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Devotional Piety and Islamic Law; The Meaning of Devotional Piety; Concentric Circles of Piety; Biography and the Challenges of Hagiography; 1 The Persistence of Asceticism; The Meaning of Medieval Asceticism; The Case of Celibacy; Contradictions; Was Women's Piety Distinct from That of Men?; 2 "Devote Yourselves to Deeds You Can Bear": Voluntary Fasting and Bodily Piety; Features of the Islamic Fast; Part I: Difficulty and Duration; Ascetic Diets, Legal Fasts. |
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A Lacuna: How Much Fasting is Too Much Fasting?Motives and Benefits; Part II: The Case of the Perpetual Fast; Health and Excess; Bound and Collared; 3 Charity, Food, and the Right of Refusal; Charity and Table Fellowship; A Critique of Charity: The Glutton; Scrupulous Asceticism: Seeking the Licit; Problems of Livelihood; Juristic Ethics; God's Law vs. Substantive Law: Taxonomies of the Licit; Conclusion: The Scope of Ethical Asceticism; 4 The Devil at the Fountain: Problems of Ritual; Part I: Waswa.s and the Body; The Context; The Controversy: Shaykh al-. Ima.d and the Pitchers of Water. |
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Devilish WhisperingsLegal Discourse and Symbolic Purity; Was Waswa.s a H.anbali. Problem?; Part II: Waswa.s and the World; Author and Victim: The Case of al-Salla.mi.; Conclusion: Triumphant Scrupulosity; Conclusion: Beyond Transgression, Beyond sunna; Part I: Excessive Piety and Transgression; Part II: Excessive Piety and the Sunna; Glossary; Bibliography; Primary Sources; Secondary Sources; Index; Series. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Islam -- Customs and practices.
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Islam -- Customs and practices. |
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Spiritual life -- Islam.
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Spiritual life -- Islam. |
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Muslims -- Conduct of life.
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Muslims -- Conduct of life. |
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Islamic law.
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Islamic law. |
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Muslim scholars -- Biography.
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Muslim scholars -- Biography. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Reid, Megan H. Law and piety in medieval Islam. Cambridge : New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2013 9780521889599 (DLC) 2011008594 (OCoLC)705568300 |
| ISBN |
9780511843532 (electronic book) |
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0511843534 (electronic book) |
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9780521889599 (hardback) |
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0521889596 (hardback) |
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9781107055322 (electronic book) |
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1107055326 (electronic book) |
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1299841678 |
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9781299841673 |
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