Spiritual purification and Islam : the life and works of al-Muhasibi / Gavin Picken.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Picken, Gavin N., author.

Series:

Routledge Sufi series ; 11.

Routledge Sufi series ; 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muḥāsibī, al-Ḥārith ibn Asad, -857 or 858.

Muḥāsibī, al-Ḥārith ibn Asad.

Muslim scholars--Biography.

Muslim scholars.

Sufis--Biography.

Sufis.

Soul--Islam.

Soul.

Sufism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-85370-7

1-283-37936-8

9786613379368

0-203-83504-2

1-136-85371-5

9780203835043

OCLC:

769927124