Spiritual Purification in Islam: The Life and Works of Al-Muhasibi

ISBN-13: 9781138780279 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 264 str.

Gavin Picken

Opis

Purification of the soul is a principle that is central to understanding Islamic spirituality. This text examines the work of the scholar Al-Muhasibi who lived and worked during the classical Islamic period under the Abbasids.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. The Abbāsid Crucible: The Historical Background to al-Muhāsibī’s Life  2. Master of the Wayfarers: The Life of al-Hārith al-Muhāsibī  3. The Wayfarer’s Legacy: The Works of al-Hārith al-Muhāsibī  4. Purification of the Soul: The Concept of Tazkiyat al-Nafs in Islam  5. Purification of the Soul in the Formative Period: Al-Muhāsibī’s Methodology of Tazkiyat al-Nafs.  Conclusion

O autorze

Gavin Picken is Lecturer in Islamic Studies and Arabic at the University of Edinburgh. His research focuses on the evolution of Islamic intellectual history in the formative period and he has published a number of articles in the areas of Islamic jurisprudence, theology, and Islamic spirituality and mysticism.