Reid, Megan H. creator text bibliography Electronic books. Biography. enk 2013 monographic eng 1 online resource (xii, 249 pages). 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. Megan H. Reid. Title from publishers bibliographic system (viewed 19 Jun 2013). Includes bibliographical references and index. 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 BP188 .R45 2013eb 297.5/70902 297.570902 Reid, Megan H. Cambridge : New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2013 (DLC) 2011008594 (OCoLC)705568300 9780511843532 0511843534 9780521889599 0521889596 9781107055322 1107055326 1299841678 9781299841673 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=569164 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=569164 UkCbUP 101027 20200709055812.0 ocn852154587 eng