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Prayer in Islamic thought and practice. Marion Holmes Katz.

By: Language: English Original language: English Series: Themes in Islamic historyPublication details: Cambridge, England. Cambridge University Press, 2013Description: 243 p. : bibl. : index : pbk. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 978-0-521-71629-1
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 297.3822 KAT
Summary: Canonical prayer (ṣalat) and supplication (duʻa'): development and rules Ṣalat: conditions and components Supplication: duʻa' Valid prayer and ideal prayer Intent (nīya) Reverence (khushu') and concentration (ḥuḍūr al-qalb) The cultivation of emotion Ethical transformation Interpretive models: what is ṣalat, and what does it do? The model of the royal audience Prayer as communication Ṣalat as an exercise in self-discipline Ṣalat as a reflection of the cosmos Modern developments The community at prayer: congregational prayer, prayer leadership (imama), and the boundaries of the religious community Friday prayers Leadership in prayer (imama) Prayer behind a leader of another legal school Knowledge of prayer and its distribution in the community Failure to pray Women and prayer Women's prayer leadership (imama) and placement within the congregation Women's mosque access Knowledge and mastery of prayer.
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Canonical prayer (ṣalat) and supplication (duʻa'): development and rules
Ṣalat: conditions and components
Supplication: duʻa'
Valid prayer and ideal prayer
Intent (nīya)
Reverence (khushu') and concentration (ḥuḍūr al-qalb)
The cultivation of emotion
Ethical transformation
Interpretive models: what is ṣalat, and what does it do?
The model of the royal audience
Prayer as communication
Ṣalat as an exercise in self-discipline
Ṣalat as a reflection of the cosmos
Modern developments
The community at prayer: congregational prayer, prayer leadership (imama), and the boundaries of the religious community
Friday prayers
Leadership in prayer (imama)
Prayer behind a leader of another legal school
Knowledge of prayer and its distribution in the community
Failure to pray
Women and prayer
Women's prayer leadership (imama) and placement within the congregation
Women's mosque access
Knowledge and mastery of prayer.

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