The Muwaṭṭaʼ, written in the eighth century CE by Mālik b. Anas, known as the Imam of Medina, is the first written treatise of Islamic law. The Prophet Muhammad and his earliest followers immigrated to the city of Medina after they experienced severe persecution in their hometow…
The Muwaṭṭaʼ, written in the eighth century CE by Mālik b. Anas, known as the Imam of Medina, is the first written treatise of Islamic law. The Prophet Muhammad and his earliest followers immigrated to the city of Medina after they experienced severe persecution in their hometow…
The Muwaṭṭaʼ, written in the eighth century CE by Mālik b. Anas, known as the Imam of Medina, is the first written treatise of Islamic law. The Prophet Muhammad and his earliest followers immigrated to the city of Medina after they experienced severe persecution in their hometow…
The Muwaṭṭaʼ, written in the eighth century CE by Mālik b. Anas, known as the Imam of Medina, is the first written treatise of Islamic law. The Prophet Muhammad and his earliest followers immigrated to the city of Medina after they experienced severe persecution in their hometow…
The Muwaṭṭaʼ, written in the eighth century CE by Mālik b. Anas, known as the Imam of Medina, is the first written treatise of Islamic law. The Prophet Muhammad and his earliest followers immigrated to the city of Medina after they experienced severe persecution in their hometow…
"Knight approaches hadith and sira as important religio-cultural and literary phenomena in their own right. In rich detail, he lays out the immense variety of questions and depictions early followers produced regarding Muhammad's sacred power (baraka)-its boundaries, effects, an…
Introduction: What can a prophetic body do? -- Reading the prophetic body: genealogy, physiognomy, and witness -- Muhammad's heart: the modified body -- Bottling Muhammad: corporeal traces -- The sex of revelation: prophethood and gendered bodies -- Secreting baraka: Muhammad's …
"Knight approaches hadith and sira as important religio-cultural and literary phenomena in their own right. In rich detail, he lays out the immense variety of questions and depictions early followers produced regarding Muhammad's sacred power (baraka)-its boundaries, effects, an…
"Muhammad's Body introduces questions of embodiment and materiality to the study of the Prophet Muhammad. Analyzing classical Muslim literary representations of Muhammad's body as they emerge in Sunni hadith and sira from the eighth through the eleventh centuries CE, Michael Muh…
"This collection of wisdoms from the works of Ibn Taymiyyah reflects the range of his penetrative insight and wisdom. It aims to to recast his work for a new generation of Muslims who are seeking a path through the challenges of the modern age. With an emphasis upon literary con…
Islam is not merely a theology, or a statement about Allah and his relationship with His creatures. Besides containing doctrinal and creedal material, it deals with social, penal, commercial, ritualistic, and ceremonial matters. It enters into everything, even into such private …
