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Autore: |
Picken Gavin N.
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Titolo: |
Spiritual purification and Islam : the life and works of al-Muhasibi / / Gavin Picken
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Pubblicazione: | London : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (265 p.) |
Disciplina: | 297.4092 |
Soggetto topico: | Muslim scholars |
Sufis | |
Soul - Islam | |
Sufism | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | The Abbasid crucible: the historical background to al-Muhasibi's life -- Master of the wayfarers: the life of al-Harith al-Muhasibi -- The wayfarer's legacy: the works of al-Harith al-Muhasibi -- Purification of the soul: the concept of tazkiyat al-nafs in Islam -- Purification of the soul in the formative period: al-Muhasibi's methodology of tazkiyat al-nafs. |
Sommario/riassunto: | Purification of the soul is a principle that is central to understanding Islamic spirituality but despite this, relatively little has been written explicitly in the Islamic tradition regarding this discrete method of spiritual purification. This book examines the work of a scholar of this discipline, al-H?rith al-Muh?sib?, who lived and worked during the classical Islamic period under the Abb?sids. Although al-Muh?sib? was well known for his skills in many disciplines, including the Qur'?n, Prophetic narration and scholastic theology, it is his mastery in the field of Islamic spiritu |
Titolo autorizzato: | Spiritual purification and Islam ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-136-85370-7 |
1-283-37936-8 | |
9786613379368 | |
0-203-83504-2 | |
1-136-85371-5 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910789701603321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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