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The intensification and reorientation of Sunni jihad ideology in the Crusader period : Ibn 'Asakir of Damascus and his age, with an edition and translation of Ibn 'Asakir's The Forty hadiths for inciting jihad /

Mourad, Suleiman Ali.

The intensification and reorientation of Sunni jihad ideology in the Crusader period : Ibn 'Asakir of Damascus and his age, with an edition and translation of Ibn 'Asakir's The Forty hadiths for inciting jihad / by Suleiman A. Mourad, James E. Lindsay. - 1 online resource (xv, 222 pages) - Islamic history and civilization. studies and texts ; v. 99 . - Islamic History and Civilization 99. Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2013, ISBN: 9789004248731. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Matter / Ibn ʿAsākir (1105–1176): Life and Career / Jihad in Early Islamic History: An Overview / Jihad Preaching in Damascus between the First and Second Crusades / Ibn ʿAsākir and the Intensification and Reorientation of Sunni Jihad Ideology in the Twelfth Century / The Forty Hadiths for Inciting Jihad / Ibn ʿAsākir’s Forty Hadiths and the Intensification and Reorientation of Sunni Jihad Ideology in Thirteenth-Century Damascus / The Legacy of the Intensification and Reorientation of Sunni Jihad Ideology since the Thirteenth Century / Bibliography / Indexes / Suleiman A. Mourad and James E. Lindsay -- Suleiman A. Mourad and James E. Lindsay -- Suleiman A. Mourad and James E. Lindsay -- Suleiman A. Mourad and James E. Lindsay -- Suleiman A. Mourad and James E. Lindsay -- Suleiman A. Mourad and James E. Lindsay -- Suleiman A. Mourad and James E. Lindsay -- Suleiman A. Mourad and James E. Lindsay -- Suleiman A. Mourad and James E. Lindsay -- Suleiman A. Mourad and James E. Lindsay.

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The Intensification and Reorientation of Sunni Jihad Ideology in the Crusader Period examines the important role of Ibn ʿAsākir, including his Forty Hadiths for Inciting Jihad , in the promotion of a renewed jihad ideology in twelfth-century Damascus as part of sultan Nūr al-Dīn’s agenda to revivify Sunnism and fight, under the banner of jihad, Crusader and Muslim opponents. This jihad vision was exclusively centered on selected quranic verses and prophetic hadiths. Ibn ʿAsākir and other Sunni scholars in twelfth- and thirteenth-century Syria departed from the earlier scholarly focus on legal nuances and aversion to invoke jihad in intra-Muslim conflicts. They championed this intensification and reorientation of jihad ideology in mainstream Sunni scholarship, and gave it a lasting legacy.

9789004242791

10.1163/9789004242791 DOI


Ibn ʻAsākir, ʻAlī ibn al-Ḥasan, 1105-1176. Arbaʻūn ḥadīthan fī al-ḥathth ʻalá al-jihād.


Jihad.
Crusades--First, 1096-1099.
RELIGION / Islam / General

BP182.I2853 / M68 2013

297.7/209021