Worship in Islam: An In-Depth Study of Ibadah, Salah and Sawm
(Paperback, International)
Publishing Details
Worship in Islam: An In-Depth Study of Ibadah, Salah and Sawm
By (Author) Sayyid Abul A'la Mawdudi
Islamic Foundation
Islamic Foundation
9th February 2015
International
United Kingdom
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals
Social groups: religious groups and communities
297.3
Physical Properties
Paperback
240
Width 152mm, Height 231mm
368g
Description
With a focus upon the social dimension of worship Mawdudi's original approach to religious ritual and self-purification considers worship's transformative role in social life, as well as on the spirit. This work offers an illuminating and unique study of the nature and significance of Islamic spirituality by a leading Muslim intellectual from the twentieth century.
Author Bio
Abul A'la Mawdudi (1903-1979) was a leading Muslim intellectual and a chief architect of the Islamic revival in the twentieth century. In 1941 he founded Jama'at-i-Islami, a political party in Pakistan, which he led until 1972. He authored more than a hundred works on Islam, both popular and scholarly, and his writings have been translated into some forty languages.
