| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Themes in Islamic history ; 6
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Themes in Islamic history ; 6.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Canonical prayer (ṛalat) and supplication (duʻa'): development and rules -- Ṛalat: conditions and components -- Supplication: duʻa' -- Valid prayer and ideal prayer -- Intent (nīya) -- Reverence (khushu') and concentration (ḥuḍūr al-qalb) -- The cultivation of emotion -- Ethical transformation -- Interpretive models: what is ṛalat, and what does it do? -- The model of the royal audience -- Prayer as communication -- Ṛalat as an exercise in self-discipline -- Ṛalat as a reflection of the cosmos -- Modern developments -- The community at prayer: congregational prayer, prayer leadership (imama), and the boundaries of the religious community -- Friday prayers -- Leadership in prayer (imama) -- Prayer behind a leader of another legal school -- Knowledge of prayer and its distribution in the community -- Failure to pray -- Modern developments -- Women and prayer -- Women's prayer leadership (imama) and placement within the congregation -- Women's mosque access -- Knowledge and mastery of prayer. |
| Summary |
Offers a broad historical survey of the rules, values and interpretations relating to Salat, the five daily prayers of Islam. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Prayer -- Islam.
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Prayer -- Islam. |
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Salat.
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Salat. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Katz, Marion Holmes, 1967- Prayer in Islamic thought and practice. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013 9780521887885 (DLC) 2012030009 (OCoLC)806981082 |
| ISBN |
9781107341340 (electronic book) |
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1107341345 (electronic book) |
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9781139034333 (electronic book) |
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1139034332 (electronic book) |
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9781107347595 |
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1107347599 |
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9780521887885 |
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0521887887 |
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9780521716291 |
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0521716292 |
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