Sufism and early Islamic piety : personal and communal dynamics / Arin Shawkat Salamah-Qudsi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Salamah-Qudsi, Arin, 1978- author.

Contributor:

Shawkat, Arin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sufis--Family relationships.

Sufis.

Sufis--Social conditions.

Sufism--History.

Sufism.

History.

Social conditions.

Families.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvii, 315 pages : map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

Summary:

Sufism and Early Islamic Piety: Personal and Communal Dynamics offers a new story about the formative period of Sufism. Through a fresh reading of diverse Sufi and non-Sufi sources, Arin Salamah-Qudsi reveals the complexity of personal and communal aspects of Sufi piety in the period between the ninth and thirteenth centuries. Her study also sheds light on the interrelationships and conflicts of early Sufis through emphasising that early Sufism was neither a quietist or a completely individual mode of piety. Salamah-Qudsi reveals how the early Sufis' commitment to the Islamic ideal of family life lead to different creative arrangements among them in order to avoid contradictions with this ideal and the mystical ideal of solitary life. Her book enables a deeper understanding of the development of Sufism in light of the human concerns and motivations of its founders -- Cambridge University Press website.

Contents:

Part 1. Personal narratives : early Sufis and family ties

Celibacy : marriage and familial commitments among early Sufis

Female sufis

Maternal narratives : female Sufis as mothers

Sufis as maternal uncles

Part 2. Communal narratives : early Sufis' modes of operating in the framework of Sufi communal lives

Consensually acclaimed Sufis and lenient approaches

Marginal piety : the case of Niffarī

Controversies and quarrels

Companionship with youth (S̨uḥbat al-Aḥdāth).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Electronic version: Salamah-Qudsi, Arin, 1978- Sufism and early Islamic piety.

ISBN:

9781108422710

1108422713

OCLC:

1028597808