Al-Ghazali on Proper Conduct when Listening to Music and the Experience of Ecstasy: Book XVIII of the Revival of the Religious Sciences

Author:   Abu Hamid al-Ghazali ,  Anthony H. Johns (Emeritus Professor, Australian National University, Canberra)
Publisher:   The Islamic Texts Society
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9781911141549


Pages:   190
Publication Date:   31 August 2025
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Al-Ghazali on Proper Conduct when Listening to Music and the Experience of Ecstasy: Book XVIII of the Revival of the Religious Sciences


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Al-Ghazali on Proper Conduct when Listening to Music and the Experience of Ecstasy is the eighteen chapter of the Revival of the Religious Sciences (Ihya' 'ulum al-din), a monumental work of classical Islam written by the renowned theologian-mystic Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (d. 1111). This chapter of the Revival deals with the controversial topic of music. In the Islamic legal tradition, there is disagreement as to whether or not performing and listening to music is lawful, even more, whether music might be used as a path to ecstasy. Basing himself on the Qur’an, hadith, the first generations of Muslims and the mystical tradition, Ghazali presents the arguments both for and against listening to music. Ghazali's own position is that music in itself is permissible, though under certain circumstances it can be unlawful or undesirable. Ghazali gives lyrical expression to his love of poetry and music, and their legitimate place not only in human celebrations, but in divine worship and as aids on the path to gnosis and ecstasy. All such responses he sees exemplified in the life of the Prophet with his family.   

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Author:   Abu Hamid al-Ghazali ,  Anthony H. Johns (Emeritus Professor, Australian National University, Canberra)
Publisher:   The Islamic Texts Society
Imprint:   The Islamic Texts Society
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.350kg
ISBN:  

9781911141549


ISBN 10:   1911141546
Pages:   190
Publication Date:   31 August 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Language:   Arabic

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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. Anthony H. Johns, Emeritus Professor at the Australian National University in Canberra, is a specialist in Sufism in the Malay world, Islamic history and institutions, and Quranic exegesis.

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