Redemptive Suffering in Islam: A Study of the Devotional Aspects of Ashura in Twelver Shi'ism

Mahmoud M. Ayoub

Walter de Gruyter, Jul 26, 2011 - Religion - 302 pages

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Contents

• TRANSLITERATION AND ABBREVIATIONS: 13
• INTRODUCTION: 15
• 1 THE HOUSE OF SORROWS Bayt alAḥzān: 23
• 1 The merit of suffering for the pious: 25
• 2 The participation of ancient prophets in the suffering of the Holy Family: 27
• 3 The privation and poverty of ahl albayt and their favor with God: 37
• 4 The suffering and death of Fāṭimah the radiant one mistress of the House of Sorrows: 48
• 2 THE PROOFS OF GOD Ḥujaj Allāh: 53
• 1 The creation and substance of the imāms: 54
• 2 The place of the imāms in human history and their relationship to divine revelation waḥī: 57
• 3 The personality of the imām and signs of his imamate: 65
• 3 THE MASTER OF THE YOUTHS OF PARADISE Sayyid Shabāb Ahl alJannah: 69
• 1 Ḥusayns birth and childhood: 70
• 2 Ḥusayns virtues and later years: 85
• 4 THE WRONGED MARTYR alShahīd alMaẓlūm: 93
• 1 The historical background: 94
• 2 Early accounts and interpretations of Ḥusayns martyrdom: 97
• 3 Later developments and pietistic interpretations: 120
• 5 THE SIGH OF THE SORROWFUL Nafas alMahmūm: 141
• 1 The merit of weeping for Ḥusayn: 142
• its growth and general characteristics: 148
• 3 The place of lamentation poetry marāthī in the Muḥarram cultus: 158
• 4 The zīyārah ritual and its place in Shīī piety: 180
• 6 AT THE POOL OF ALKAWTHAR Alā Ḥawḍ alKawthar: 197
• the reward of suffering: 198
• 2 The day of the great thirst: 205
• 3 The faithful remnant: 210
• the mistress of the Day of Judgment: 212
• 5 alMahdī the final avenger: 216
• CONCLUSION: 231
• APPENDICES: 235
• THE MASTER OF THE YOUTHS OF PARADISE: 241
• THE WRONGED MARTYR: 245
• THE SIGH OF THE SORROWFUL: 249
• NOTES: 259
• BIBLIOGRAPHY: 289
• INDEX OF NAMES: 293
• SUBJECT INDEX: 297

Bibliographic information

• Title: Redemptive Suffering in Islam: A Study of the Devotional Aspects of Ashura in Twelver Shi'ism; Volume 10 of Religion and Society
• Author: Mahmoud M. Ayoub
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Walter de Gruyter, 2011
• ISBN: 3110803313, 9783110803310
• Length: 302 pages
• Subjects: Religion / General; Religion / Islam / General; Religion / Islam / Rituals & Practice; Religion / Religion & Science; Social Science / Islamic Studies; Social Science / Regional Studies