Early Islam between Myth and History : Al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī (d. 110H/728CE) and the Formation of His Legacy in Classical Islamic Scholarship /

This volume examines the process through which a historical character named al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī was transformed into a myth by several groups in medieval Islam. Al-Ḥasan lived in the city of Basra, southern Iraq, and was famed for his piety, which attracted to him a large number of disciples who went...

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Main Author: Mourad, Suleiman (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English
Arabic

Published: Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2005.

Series: Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495.
Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies ; 62.

Subjects:

Ḥasan al-Baṣrī, > 641 or 642-728 or 729.

Hadith scholars > Iraq > Baṣrah > Biography.

Islam > Doctrines.

Muslim scholars > Iraq > Baṣrah > Biography.