Opposing the Imam
Title | Opposing the Imam PDF eBook |
Author | Nebil Husayn |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 251 |
Release | 2021-04-29 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1108832814 |
Examines the enduring legacy of the nawasib, early Muslims who were hostile to Islam's fourth caliph, Ali, and his descendants.
The Origins of the Sh?'a
Title | The Origins of the Sh?'a PDF eBook |
Author | Najam Haider |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | |
Release | 2011-09-26 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1139503316 |
The Sunni-Shi'a schism is often framed as a dispute over the identity of the successor to Muhammad. In reality, however, this fracture only materialized a century later in the important southern Iraqi city of Kufa (present-day Najaf). This book explores the birth and development of Shi'i identity. Through a critical analysis of legal texts, whose provenance has only recently been confirmed, the study shows how the early Shi'a carved out independent religious and social identities through specific ritual practices and within separate sacred spaces. In this way, the book addresses two seminal controversies in the study of early Islam, namely the dating of Kufan Shi'i identity and the means by which the Shi'a differentiated themselves from mainstream Kufan society. This is an important, original and path-breaking book that marks a significant development in the study of early Islamic society.
The Rebel and the Im?m in Early Islam
Title | The Rebel and the Im?m in Early Islam PDF eBook |
Author | Najam Haider |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 319 |
Release | 2019-09-19 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1107026059 |
Drawing on case studies from Islamic history, Haider challenges assumptions about the nature of the sources shaping understandings of the early Muslim world.
The Book of Assistance
Title | The Book of Assistance PDF eBook |
Author | ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻAlawī ʻAṭṭās |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 156 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Islamic ethics |
ISBN |
The Prophet's Heir
Title | The Prophet's Heir PDF eBook |
Author | Hassan Abbas |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Total Pages | 265 |
Release | 2021-02-23 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0300252056 |
The life and legacy of one of Mohammad’s closest confidants and Islam’s patron saint: Ali ibn Abi Talib Ali ibn Abi Talib is arguably the single most important spiritual and intellectual authority in Islam after prophet Mohammad. Through his teachings and leadership as fourth caliph, Ali nourished Islam. But Muslims are divided on whether he was supposed to be Mohammad’s political successor—and he continues to be a polarizing figure in Islamic history. Hassan Abbas provides a nuanced, compelling portrait of this towering yet divisive figure and the origins of sectarian division within Islam. Abbas reveals how, after Mohammad, Ali assumed the spiritual mantle of Islam to spearhead the movement that the prophet had led. While Ali’s teachings about wisdom, justice, and selflessness continue to be cherished by both Shia and Sunni Muslims, his pluralist ideas have been buried under sectarian agendas and power politics. Today, Abbas argues, Ali’s legacy and message stands against that of ISIS, Al-Qaeda, and Taliban.
The Obligation of Opposing the People of the Hell-Fire
Title | The Obligation of Opposing the People of the Hell-Fire PDF eBook |
Author | Ahmad B. Abdul Halim Ibn Taymiyyah al-Harrani |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | |
Release | 2021-04-15 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780578862705 |
Translation of the Arabic book al-Manhaj al-Qawim Fi Ikhtisar Iqtida al-Sirat al-Mustaqim Fi Mukhalafat Ashab al-Jahim
Voice of Human Justice
Title | Voice of Human Justice PDF eBook |
Author | George Jordac |
Publisher | Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | 264 |
Release | 2017-01-11 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781542399210 |
The present book is an English translation of Sautu'l Adalati'l Insaniyah, the biography of the Imam Ali, written in Arabic by George Jordac, a renowned Christian author of Lebanon. It has gained much popularity in the Arab and the Muslim world. Many Muslim and non-Muslim scholars have paid it glowing tributes.