The first Muslims history and memory
The First Muslims reconstructs the first century of Islam to offer a fascinating exploration of the origins and development of the religion. Using a wealth of classical Arabic sources, it chronicles the lives of the Prophet Muhammad, his Companions, and the subsequent two generations of Muslims, tog...
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Oxford, UK
Oneworld Book
2009
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| Edition: | 1st South Asian ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- The rise of Islam and life of the Prophet Muhammad
- The issue of succession to the prophet
- The age of the rightly-guided caliphs
- The end of rightly-guided leadership
- The age of the companions
- The age of the successors
- The successors to the successors I: administration, leadership, and Jihad
- The successors to the successors II: humanism, law, and mystical spirituality
- Constructing the Pious forbears I: historical memory and the present
- Constructing the Pious forbears II: historical memory and the present
- Assessment of Islamist and modernist views.