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Spiritual Purification in Islam - The Life and Works of al-Muhasibi (Paperback)
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Spiritual Purification in Islam - The Life and Works of al-Muhasibi (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Sufi Series
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Purification of the soul is a principle that is central to
understanding Islamic spirituality but despite this, relatively
little has been written explicitly in the Islamic tradition
regarding this discrete method of spiritual purification. This book
examines the work of a scholar of this discipline, al-Harith
al-Muhasibi, who lived and worked during the classical Islamic
period under the Abbasids. Although al-Muhasibi was well known for
his skills in many disciplines, including the Qur'an, Prophetic
narration and scholastic theology, it is his mastery in the field
of Islamic spirituality and moral psychology for which he is best
remembered. Assessing the extent to which the political, social and
economic factors played a part in his life and work, Gavin Picken
provides a comprehensive overview of his work and its great
significance in the development of Islamic spirituality.
Reconstructing his life in chronological order and providing the
most comprehensive appraisal of his works to date, it explores a
facet of al-Muhasibi's teaching which as yet has not been studied,
namely his understanding, concept and methodology regarding the
purification of the soul within the Islamic paradigm. As such, it
will be of great interest not only to researchers and students of
Sufism but also to scholars of comparative spirituality and
mysticism.
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