TY  - BOOK
AU  - Katz,Marion Holmes
TI  - Prayer in Islamic thought and practice
T2  - Themes in Islamic history
SN  - 9780521887885 (hardback)
AV  - BP 178 .K35 2013
U1  - 297.3/822 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Prayer
KW  - Islam
KW  - Salat
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-233) and index; 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 -- Modern developments -- Women and prayer -- Women's prayer leadership (imama) and placement within the congregation -- Women's mosque access -- Knowledge and mastery of prayer
ER  -