The emergence of early Sufi piety and Sunni scholasticism : ʻAbdallah born al-Mubarak and the formation of Sunni identity in the second Islamic century /

In the figure of ʿAbdallāh born al-Mubārak (118-181/736-797), we find a paragon of the fields of ḥadīth , zuhd , and jihād , as attested to by the large number of references to him in the classical Islamic texts. His superior rank as a ḥadīth transmitter earned him the title "commander of the f...

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Main Author: Salem, Feryal.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Boston : Brill, 2016.

Series: Islamic History and Civilization 125.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2016, ISBN: 9789004303935.

Subjects:

Ibn al-Mubārak, ʻAbd Allāh, > 736-797.

Hadith scholars > Biography.

Islam > History.

Islamic civilization.