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Al-Ghazali on Poverty and Abstinence is the thirty-fourth chapter of the Revival of the Religious Sciences (Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din), which is widely regarded as the greatest work of Muslim spirituality. In Al-Ghazali on Poverty and Abstinence, Abu Hamid al-Ghazali considers two themes dear to Islamic devotional literature: poverty and abstinence. Taking as his example the Prophet's love for the poor, Ghazali explains that poverty is not simply an accidental state of destitution that might befall anyone but rather an inner acceptance of the Will of God and a form of abstinence for His sake. Thus the life of poverty described by Ghazali in Al-Ghazali on Poverty and Abstinence refers to what every devoted follower of the Prophet is meant to adopt whatever his or her outer state may be. In this new edition, the Islamic Texts Society has included the translation of Abu Hamid al-Ghazali's own Introduction to the Revival of the Religious Sciences which gives the reasons that caused him to write the work, the structure of the whole of the Revival and places each of the chapters in the context of the others.

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Author:   Abu Hamid al-Ghazali ,  Anthony F. Shaker
Publisher:   The Islamic Texts Society
Imprint:   The Islamic Texts Society
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.395kg
ISBN:  

9781903682814

ISBN 10:   1903682819
Pages:   250
Publication Date:   11 June 2019
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

Al-Ghazali's Introduction to the Revival of the Religious Sciences Abbreviations Preface Introduction Notes to Introduction Prologue Part I: On Poverty    Chapter One: An Exposition of the Reality of Poverty, the Different States of the Poor Person and his Names    Chapter Two: A General Exposition of the Excellence of Poverty    Chapter Three: An Exposition of the Particular Excellence of the Poor who are Contented, who are Satisfied and who are Sincere    Chapter Four: An Exposition of Poverty's Excellence over Wealth    Chapter Five: An Exposition of the Norms of Propriety of the Poor Person in his Poverty    Chapter Six: An Exposition of the Norms of Propriety of the Poor Person when Accepting an Unsolicited Offering    Chapter Seven: An Exposition of the Forbiddance of Unnecessary Begging and of the Norms of Propriety of the Poor Person Who Must Beg    Chapter Eight: An Exposition of the Amount of Wealth which Renders Begging Illicit    Chapter Nine: An Exposition of the States of Those Who Beg Part II: On Abstinence    Chapter Ten: An Exposition of the Reality of Abstinence    Chapter Eleven: An Exposition of the Excellence of Abstinence    Chapter Twelve: An Exposition of the Degrees of Abstinence, Its Divisions in Relation to Itself, to What Is Undesirable and to What Is Desirable    Chapter Thirteen: An Exposition of the Details of Abstinence with Respect to the Necessities of Life    Chapter Fourteen: An Exposition of the Signs of Abstinence Notes Appendix: Persons Cited in the Text Bibliography Index to Qur'anic Quotations General Index

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...the series as a whole, [is] a significant contribution to our understanding of this key figure in Islamic intellectual thought. -- Oliver Leaman * BRISMES Bulletin *

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Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (d. 505/1111), theologian, logician, jurist and mystic, was born and died in Tus in Central Asia, but spent much of his life lecturing at Baghdad or leading the life of a wandering dervish. His most celebrated work, Revival of the Religious Sciences, has exercised a profound influence on Muslim intellectual history by exploring the mystical significance of the practices and beliefs of Islamic orthodoxy, earning him the title of Hujjat al Islam, the ‘Proof of Islam’.

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