The Intensification and Reorientation of Sunni Jihad Ideology in the Crusader Period

Ibn ʿasākir of Damascus (1105-1176) and His Age, with an Edition and Translation of Ibn ʿasākir's the Forty Hadiths for Inciting Jihad
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-90-04-23066-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 99, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 518 g

Reihe: Islamic History and Civilization

The Intensification and Reorientation of Sunni Jihad Ideology in the Crusader Period examines the important role of Ibn 'Asakir, including his Forty Hadiths for Inciting Jihad, in the promotion of a renewed jihad ideology in twelfth-century Damascus as part of sultan Nur al-Din’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 'Asakir 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.

Zielgruppe

The book targets specialists and broad audiences--including students in courses on the Crusades, medieval Islamic history, and Islamic religious thought--who have an interest in Muslim response to the Crusades and the history of jihad ideology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mourad, Suleiman

Lindsay, James

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Geschichte des Islam Geschichte des Islam: 7. - 14. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islamische Gruppen: Sunniten, Alsalaf

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Maps and Images
Preface
Acknowledgment
Notes on Transliteration

Part One: The Intensification and Reorientation of Sunni Jihad Ideology in the Crusader Period: Ibn 'Asakir of Damascus (1105-1176) and his Age

Chapter One: Ibn 'Asakir (1105-1176): Life and Career
Chapter Two: Jihad in Early Islamic History: An Overview
Chapter Three: Jihad Preaching in Damascus between the First and Second Crusades
Chapter Four: Ibn 'Asakir and the Intensification and Reorientation of Sunni Jihad Ideology in the Twelfth Century
Chapter Five: The Forty Hadiths for Inciting Jihad
Chapter Six: Ibn 'Asakir’s Forty Hadiths and the Intensification and Reorientation of Sunni Jihad Ideology in Thirteenth Century Damascus
Chapter Seven: The Legacy of the Intensification and Reorientation of Sunni Jihad Ideology since the Thirteenth Century

Part Two: English Translation
A. Notes on the Translation
B. The Forty Hadiths for Inciting Jihad
C. Colophons and Ownership Notes on al-Birzali’s Copy of Ibn 'Asakir’s Forty Hadiths

Part Three: Edition of the Arabic Text
A. Notes on the Arabic Edition
B. al-Arba'un hadithan fi al-hathth 'ala al-jihad
C. Arabic Colophons and Ownership Notes

Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Suleiman A. Mourad, Ph.D. (2004), is Professor of Religion at Smith College. His publications include Jerusalem: Idea and Reality (Routledge, 2008); Early Islam between Myth and History (Brill, 2005), and Sirat al-sayyid al-Masih li-Ibn 'Asakir al-Dimashqi (Dar al-Shuruq, 1996).

James E. Lindsay, Ph.D. (1994), is Associate Professor of History at Colorado State University. His publications include Historical Dimensions of Islam (Darwin Press, 2009); Daily Life in the Medieval Islamic World (Greenwood, 2005); and Ibn 'Asakir and Early Islamic History (Darwin Press, 2001).