“The Monasticism of My Community is Jihad”: A Debate on Asceticism, Sex, and Warfare in Early Islam
This article explores Muslim attitudes towards asceticism in the second/eighth and third/ninth centuries by examining the famous Prophetic hadith: “Every community has its monasticism, and the monasticism of my community is ǧihād.” The hadith serves as a lens for assessing several broader phenomena,...
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| Language: | English |
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Brill
2017
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Arabica
Year: 2017, Volume: 64, Issue: 2, Pages: 149-183 |
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Monasticism
Monachisme
ǧihād
ǧihād
asceticism
ascétisme
Abbasids
Abbassides
Ibn al-Mubārak
Ibn al-Mubārak
ʿUṯmān b. Maẓʿūn
ʿUṯmān b. Maẓʿūn
sexuality in Islam
sexualité en islam
celibacy
célibat
conversion
conversion
Christianity under Muslim rule
christianisme en islam
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