Fatima, daughter of Muhammad
By: Christopher Clohessy.
Series: Gorgias dissertations -- Arabic and Islamic studies -- v. 40
Publisher: Gorgias Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Piscataway, NJ
Language: eng
Subjects: Fāṭimah, -- d. 632 or 3; Fāṭimah, -- d. 632 or 3 -- Cult; Muḥammad, -- Prophet, -- d. 632 -- Family; Shīʻah -- Customs and practices
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Fâtima in her context: historical and biographical notes; title: The supernatural qualities in the annunciation and birth of Fâtima in Shîʻa tradition, teaching and piety; title: Fâtima the virgin: traditions, teaching and piety surrounding the conception and birth of al-Husayn; title: The motif of grief and suffering in the life of Fâtima among the "people of the house"; title: The intercessory prerogatives of Fâtima; title: The possibility of parallels between Mary and Fâtima.