The Concept of Sainthood in Early Islamic Mysticism
Subtitle: Two Works by Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi - An Annotated Translation with Introduction (Routledgecurzon Sufi Series)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon
Published: February 29, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780700704132
Subjects: Devotional theology & objects of veneration; Islam; Mysticism; Other prose: classical, early & medieval; Social Science; Biography / Autobiography; Sociology; Ethnic Studies - General; General; Biography & Autobiography / General; Saints; Social Science / Ethnic Studies; Social Science-Ethnic Studies - General; Sufism
First sentence: In the medieval biographical dictionaries and the Sufi handbooks where one would normally expect to find such information, little is recorded about the life and activities of the author Abu cAbd Allah Muhammad b. cAli b. al-Hasan b. Bishr b. Harun al-Tirmidhi (1) dubbed al-Hakim, the Wise.