Light in the Heavens: Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad (Library of Arabic Literature)
Book Details
Author(s)al-Quḍāʿī, al-Qāḍī
PublisherNYU Press
ISBN / ASIN147987146X
ISBN-139781479871469
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Sales Rank1,458,288
CategoryLiterary Collections
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Description
Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad, wielding an authority second only to the Qur'an.
including law, theology, metaphysics, poetry, grammar, history, and medicine Assembling Muhammad s words has been a major preoccupation for scholars throughout the fourteen centuries since his death, resulting in an abundance of compilations. Among the legally-grounded collections, which aimed to guide the community in its practice of religious law and ritual worship, one which stands out in particular is Light in the Heavens (Kitab al-Shihab) by al-Qadi al-Quda'i (d. 454 H/1062 AD), a Shafi'i judge in the Fatimid court in Egypt. The collection s overall conceptualization is distinctively ethical and pragmatic, and offers humanitarian lessons and practical insights with universal appeal.
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