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: Hardcover
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780700704521
Subjects: Devotional theology & objects of veneration; Islam; Mysticism; Other prose: classical, early & medieval; Social Science; Biography / Autobiography; Sociology; General; Biography & Autobiography / General; Hakim al-Tirmidhi, Muhammad ibn Ali; Saints; Social Science / Ethnic Studies; Sufism; Ethnic Studies - General
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.