Law and piety in medieval Islam /
Reid, Megan H.
Law and piety in medieval Islam / Megan H. Reid. - 1 online resource (xii, 249 pages). - Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization . - Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization. .
Title from publishers bibliographic system (viewed 19 Jun 2013).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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. 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. 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.
This intimate portrayal of the devotional life in early medieval Islamic society demonstrates how Islamic law defined holy behavior.
9780511843532 0511843534 9780521889599 0521889596 9781107055322 1107055326 1299841678 9781299841673
Islam--Customs and practices.
Spiritual life--Islam.
Muslims--Conduct of life.
Islamic law.
Muslim scholars--Biography.
RELIGION--Islam--General.
Islam--Customs and practices.
Islamic law.
Muslim scholars.
Muslims--Conduct of life.
Spiritual life--Islam.
Electronic books.
Biography.
BP188 / .R45 2013eb
297.5/70902 297.570902
Law and piety in medieval Islam / Megan H. Reid. - 1 online resource (xii, 249 pages). - Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization . - Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization. .
Title from publishers bibliographic system (viewed 19 Jun 2013).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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. 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. 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.
This intimate portrayal of the devotional life in early medieval Islamic society demonstrates how Islamic law defined holy behavior.
9780511843532 0511843534 9780521889599 0521889596 9781107055322 1107055326 1299841678 9781299841673
Islam--Customs and practices.
Spiritual life--Islam.
Muslims--Conduct of life.
Islamic law.
Muslim scholars--Biography.
RELIGION--Islam--General.
Islam--Customs and practices.
Islamic law.
Muslim scholars.
Muslims--Conduct of life.
Spiritual life--Islam.
Electronic books.
Biography.
BP188 / .R45 2013eb
297.5/70902 297.570902
