This volume examines the process through which a historical character named al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī was transformed into a myth by several groups in medieval Islam. Al-Ḥasan lived in the city of Basra, southern Iraq, and was famed for his piety, which attracted to him a large number of disciples who went on to play important roles in the formation of several religious trends.
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Early Islam Between Myth And History
The literary corpus (sayings, stories and letters) ascribed to him has been used as a window into early Islamic religious and intellectual thought. But as this study shows, this corpus was largely forged in different periods, in some cases even a thousand years after al-Ḥasan’s death. It tells us more about the beliefs of those who forged the sayings, stories and letters rather than about al-Ḥasan’s thought and time.
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| Weight | 1 kg |
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| Dimensions | 24 × 16 × 2 cm |
| Book Author | Suleiman Ali Mourad |
| Edition | 1st |
| Format | Hardback |
| ISBN | 9789004148291 |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 352 |
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