Prayer in Islamic Thought and Practice.
Offers a broad historical survey of the rules, values and interpretations relating to Salāt, the five daily prayers of Islam.
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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New York : Cambridge University Press,
2013
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| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | Themes in Islamic History
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| Schlagworte: | Prayer ; Islam Salat Electronic books Islam Gebet |
| Umfang: | 1 online resource (256 pages) |
| Zusammenfassung: | Offers a broad historical survey of the rules, values and interpretations relating to Salāt, the five daily prayers of Islam. Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Canonical prayer (&sbdot -- alāt) and supplication (du&ayin -- ā&hamza -- ): Development and rules -- &Sbdot -- alāt: conditions and components -- Supplication: Du&ayin -- ā&hamza -- -- 2 Valid prayer and ideal prayer -- Intent (nīya) -- Reverence (khushū&ayin -- ) and concentration (&hbdot -- u&dbdot -- ūr al-qalb) -- The cultivation of emotion -- Ethical transformation -- Conclusion -- 3 Interpretive models: What is &sbdot -- alāt, and what does it do? -- The model of the royal audience -- Prayer as communication -- &Sbdot -- alāt as an exercise in self-discipline -- &Sbdot -- alāt as a reflection of the cosmos -- Modern developments -- 4 The community at prayer: Congregational prayer, prayer leadership (imāma), and the boundaries of the religious community -- Friday prayers -- Leadership in prayer (imāma) -- Prayer behind a leader of another legal school -- Knowledge of prayer and its distribution in the community -- Failure to pray -- Modern developments -- 5 Women and prayer -- Women's prayer leadership (imāma) and placement within the congregation -- Women's mosque access -- Knowledge and mastery of prayer -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- I. Primary Sources -- II . Secondary Sources -- Index. |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based upon print version of record |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (256 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781107347595 1107347599 9780521887885 0521887887 |