The emergence of early Sufi piety and Sunnī scholasticism: 'Abdallah b. al-Mubarak and the formation Sunnī identity in the second Islamic century

In the figure of ?Abdallah b. al-Mubarak (118–-181/736–-797), we find a paragon of the fields of ?adith, zuhd, and jihad, as attested to by the large number of references to him in the classical Islamic texts. His superior rank as a ?adith transmitter earned him the title of “commander of the faithf...

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Main Author: Salem, Feryal (Author)
Format: Thesis Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston Brill [2016]
Series:Islamic history and civilization volume 125
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Online Access:DE-12
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Summary:In the figure of ?Abdallah b. al-Mubarak (118–-181/736–-797), we find a paragon of the fields of ?adith, zuhd, and jihad, as attested to by the large number of references to him in the classical Islamic texts. His superior rank as a ?adith transmitter earned him the title of “commander of the faithful” in ?adith among many later critics. He also contributed to Islamic law at its early phases of development, was a practitioner of jihad, composed poetry, and participated in various theological discussions. In addition, Ibn al-Mubarak was a pioneer in writing on piety and he was later regarded by many mystics to be one of the earliest figures of Sufism. Ibn al-Mubarak’s position during the formative period of Islamic thought illustrates the unique history of the evolution of zuhd, ?adith, and jihad which forms a junction in the biography Ibn al-Mubarak in a way that distinctively illuminates the second/eighth-century dynamics of nascent Sunnism. Furthermore, Ibn al-Mubarak’s status as a fighter and pious figure of the Late Antique period reveals a great deal about the complex relationship between the early Muslim community and the religiously diverse setting which they inhabited
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (VI, 165 Seiten)
ISBN:9789004314481
DOI:10.1163/9789004314481

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