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Cook, M. A.

Commanding right and forbidding wrong in Islamic thought / Michael Cook. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001. - 1 online resource

Excludes the cover image which was part of the original book.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PART I INTRODUCTORY; PART II THE HANBALITES; PART III THE MUTAZILITES AND SHIITES; PART IV OTHER SECTS AND SCHOOLS; PART V BEYOND CLASSICAL ISLAM; APPENDIX 1 KEY KORANIC VERSES AND TRADITIONS; APPENDIX 2 BARHEBRAEUS ON FORBIDDING WRONG; BIBLIOGRAPHY; POSTSCRIPT; INDEX.

Do we have a duty to stop others doing wrong? The question is intelligible in any civilization, but only in the Islamic tradition is 'commanding right and forbidding wrong' a central moral tenet. Michael Cook's analysis is the first to chart the history of Islamic reflection on this obligation.

ISBN: 0511018681 9780511018688

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Islamic ethics.
Religious life--Islam.
Islam--Doctrines.
Morale islamique.
Islam--Doctrines.
Vie religieuse--Islam.
RELIGION--Islam--General.
Islam--Doctrines
Islamic ethics
Religious life--Islam
Islam.
Ethiek.

LC Class. No.: BJ1291 / .C66 2001eb

Dewey Class. No.: 297.5