Spiritual purification and Islam
Subtitle: the life and works of al-Muhasibi
By: Gavin Picken
Series: Routledge Sufi series -- 11
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780415548229; 9780203835043
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Abbasid crucible: the historical background to al-Muhasibi's life; title: Master of the wayfarers: the life of al-Harith al-Muhasibi; title: The wayfarer's legacy: the works of al-Harith al-Muhasibi; title: Purification of the soul: the concept of tazkiyat al-nafs in Islam; title: Purification of the soul in the formative period: al-Muhasibi's methodology of tazkiyat al-nafs.