Redemptive Suffering in Islam
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Redemptive Suffering in Islam

A Study of the Devotional Aspects of Ashura in Twelver Shi'ism

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Redemptive Suffering in Islam

A Study of the Devotional Aspects of Ashura in Twelver Shi'ism

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Publisher
De Gruyter
Year
2011
Print ISBN
9789027979438
eBook ISBN
9783110803310
Edition
1
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Islamic Theology

Table of contents

  1. PREFACE
  2. TRANSLITERATION AND ABBREVIATIONS
  3. INTRODUCTION
  4. 1. THE HOUSE OF SORROWS (Bayt al-AhĢ£zān)
  5. 1. The merit of suffering for the pious
  6. 2. The participation of ancient prophets in the suffering of the Holy Family
  7. 3. The privation and poverty of ahl al-bayt and their favor with God
  8. 4. The suffering and death of FātĢ£imah, the radiant one, mistress of the House of Sorrows
  9. 2. THE PROOFS OF GOD (HĢ£ujaj Allāh)
  10. 1. The creation and substance of the imāms
  11. 2. The place of the imāms in human history and their relationship to divine revelation (wahĢ£Ä«)
  12. 3. The personality of the imām and signs of his imamate
  13. 3. THE MASTER OF THE YOUTHS OF PARADISE (Sayyid Shabāb Ahl al-Jannah)
  14. 1. HĢ£usaynā€™s birth and childhood
  15. 2. HĢ£usaynā€™s virtues and later years
  16. 4. THE WRONGED MARTYR (al-ShahÄ«d al-MazĢ£lÅ«m)
  17. 1. The historical background
  18. 2. Early accounts and interpretations of HĢ£usaynā€™s martyrdom
  19. 3. Later developments and pietistic interpretations
  20. 5. THE SIGH OF THE SORROWFUL (Nafas al-Mahmūm)
  21. 1. The merit of weeping for HĢ£usayn
  22. 2. The ta(zīyah celebration: its growth and general characteristics
  23. 3. The place of lamentation poetry (marāthÄ«) in the MuhĢ£arram cultus
  24. 4. The zīyārah ritual and its place in Shī(ī piety
  25. 6. AT THE POOL OF AL-KAWTHAR ((Alā HĢ£awdĢ£ al-Kawthar)
  26. 1. Intercession: the reward of suffering
  27. 2. The day of the great thirst
  28. 3. The faithful remnant
  29. 4. FātĢ£imah: the mistress of the Day of Judgment
  30. 5. al-Mahdī, the final avenger
  31. CONCLUSION
  32. APPENDICES
  33. A. APPENDIX TO CHAPTER 1: ā€˜THE HOUSE OF SORROWSā€™
  34. B. APPENDIX TO CHAPTER 3: ā€˜THE MASTER OF THE YOUTHS OF PARADISEā€™
  35. C. APPENDIX TO CHAPTER 4: ā€˜THE WRONGED MARTYRā€™
  36. D. APPENDIX TO CHAPTER 5: ā€˜THE SIGH OF THE SORROWFULā€™
  37. NOTES
  38. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  39. INDEX OF NAMES
  40. SUBJECT INDEX