Prayer in Islamic thought and practice / Marion Holmes Katz.

• Superior document: Themes in Islamic history ; 6
• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Katz, Marion Holmes, 1967-
• TeilnehmendeR: ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Themes in Islamic history ; 6.
• Physical Description: ix, 243 p.

Table of Contents

Canonical prayer (salat) and supplication (dua'): development and rules -- Salat: conditions and components -- Supplication: dua' -- Valid prayer and ideal prayer -- Intent (niya) -- Reverence (khushu') and concentration (hudur al-qalb) -- The cultivation of emotion -- Ethical transformation -- Interpretive models: what is salat, and what does it do? -- The model of the royal audience -- Prayer as communication -- Salat as an exercise in self-discipline -- Salat as a reflection of the cosmos -- Modern developments -- The community at prayer: congregational prayer, prayer leadership (imama), and the boundaries of the religious community -- Friday prayers -- Leadership in prayer (imama) -- Prayer behind a leader of another legal school -- Knowledge of prayer and its distribution in the community -- Failure to pray -- Modern developments -- Women and prayer -- Women's prayer leadership (imama) and placement within the congregation -- Women's mosque access -- Knowledge and mastery of prayer.