The meaning of Mecca the politics of pilgrimage in early Islam
The hajj, the fifth pillar of Islam, is a religious duty to be performed once in a lifetime by all Muslims who are able. The Prophet Muhammad set out the rituals of hajj when he led what became known as the Farewell Hajj in 10 AH (632 AD). This set the seal on Muhammad's career as the founder o...
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Saqi Books
2011
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| Call Number : | BL 65.P7 M39 2011 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. The Prophet's Precedent: The Farewell Ḥajj of 10/632
- 2. Following in the Prophet's Footsteps: The Era of the Rightly Guided Caliphs
- 3. Mu'āwiyah B. Abī Sufyān: A New Regime and a New Ḥajj Policy
- 4. The Caliphate in Transition: The Ḥajj as a Barometer of Political Change
- 5. The Return of the Umayyads and the Reintroduction of the Sufyānid Ḥajj Policy
- 6. A House Dividing: The Successor Sons of 'Abd Al-Malik: Al-Walīd and Sulaymān
- 7. 'Umar II and Yazīd II: A Different Approach to the Ḥajj
- 8. The Last of a Line: Hishām B. 'Abd Al-Malik
- 9. The Third and Final Generation: Al-Walīd II to Marwān II
- 10. Summary: The Meaning of Mecca