04764cam a2200769Ii 4500 ocn852154587 OCoLC 20200709055812.0 m d cr ||||||||||| 101027s2013 enkb ob 001 0 eng d UkCbUP eng rda pn AUD OCLCO EBLCP MHW MEAUC YNG N$T IDEBK YDXCP NGU OCLCF OCLCO OCLCQ DEBSZ OCLCQ VLB 857467633 875289097 9780511843532 (electronic bk.) 0511843534 (electronic bk.) 9780521889599 (hardback) 0521889596 (hardback) 9781107055322 (electronic bk.) 1107055326 (electronic bk.) 1299841678 9781299841673 569164 (N$T) (OCoLC)852154587 (OCoLC)857467633 (OCoLC)875289097 BP188 .R45 2013eb REL 037000 bisacsh 297.5/70902 297.570902 MAIN Reid, Megan H. Law and piety in medieval Islam / Megan H. Reid. Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2013. ©2013 1 online resource (xii, 249 pages). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization Title from publishers bibliographic system (viewed 19 Jun 2013). Includes bibliographical references and index. This intimate portrayal of the devotional life in early medieval Islamic society demonstrates how Islamic law defined holy behavior. 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. Master record variable field(s) change: 050 Islam Customs and practices. Spiritual life Islam. Muslims Conduct of life. Islamic law. Muslim scholars Biography. RELIGION Islam General. bisacsh Islam Customs and practices. fast (OCoLC)fst00979785 Islamic law. fast (OCoLC)fst00979949 Muslim scholars. fast (OCoLC)fst01731774 Muslims Conduct of life. fast (OCoLC)fst01031037 Spiritual life Islam. fast (OCoLC)fst01767799 Electronic books. Biography. fast (OCoLC)fst01423686 Print version: Reid, Megan H. Law and piety in medieval Islam. Cambridge : New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2013 9780521889599 (DLC) 2011008594 (OCoLC)705568300 Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization. EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=569164 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL1182930 EBSCOhost EBSC 569164 Ingram Digital eBook Collection IDEB cis26144948 YBP Library Services YANK 11088529 YBP Library Services YANK 10755474 YBP Library Services YANK 11120094 92 N$T 53009 53009