Katz, Marion Holmes,  1967- <br/><br/>
Prayer in Islamic thought and practice  [electronic resource] / 
Marion Holmes Katz. 
 - Cambridge ;  New York :  Cambridge University Press,  2013. 
 - 1 online resource. 
 - Themes in Islamic history ;  6 .
 - Themes in Islamic history ;  6. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Canonical prayer (ṣalat) and supplication (duʻa'): development and rules -- Ṣalat: 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 ṣalat, and what does it do? -- The model of the royal audience -- Prayer as communication -- Ṣalat as an exercise in self-discipline -- Ṣalat 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781107341340 (electronic bk.) 1107341345 (electronic bk.) 9781139034333 (electronic bk.) 1139034332 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Prayer--Islam.<br/>Salat.<br/>RELIGION / Islam / Rituals & Practice
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BP178  / .K35 2013eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>297.3/822