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The Making of the Mosque : A Survey of Religious Imperatives / Essam Ayyad.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 online resource (493 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781463207274
  • 9781463239671
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 726/.209 23
LOC classification:
  • NA4670 .A98 2019
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  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- TRANSLITERATION -- CHARTS, TABLES, PLATES AND FIGURES -- CHAPTER ONE. INTRODUCTION-AIM AND SCOPE -- 1.1 WHY HAS THE RELIGIOUS CONTEXT FOR MOSQUE EVOLUTION BEEN UNDERESTIMATED TO DATE? -- 1.2 DOMINANT PERSPECTIVES ON THE PROPHET AND HIS HOMELAND -- 1.3 PROBLEMS WITH THESE VIEWS -- 1.4 QUESTIONS AND METHODOLOGY -- CHAPTER 2. SOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF EARLY MOSQUES -- 2.1 INTRODUCTION -- 2.2 ARABIC LITERARY SOURCES -- 2.3 OTHER EXISTING EVIDENCE -- 2.4 CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 3. STUDYING ḤADĪTH -- 3.1 INTRODUCTION -- 3.2 ḤADĪTH IN MODERN SCHOLARSHIP -- 3.3 HISTORY OF ḤADĪTH TRANSMISSION -- 3.4 DIALECTICS ABOUT THE AUTHORITATIVENESS OF THE TRADITION -- 3.5 CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 4. THE 'HOUSE OF THE PROPHET' OR THE 'MOSQUE OF THE PROPHET'? -- 4.1 INTRODUCTION -- 4.2 EXISTING THEORIES ON THE PROPHET'S BUILDING -- 4.3 THE 'HOUSE OF THE PROPHET' THEORY -- 4.4 THE 'MOSQUE OF THE PROPHET' THEORY -- 4.5 ḤADĪTH AND THE 'MOSQUE OF THE PROPHET' -- 4.6 THE QURʾĀN AND THE 'MOSQUE OF THE PROPHET' -- 4.7 OTHER MOSQUES IN THE TIME OF THE PROPHET -- 4.8 CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 5. A PROPHETIC PERSPECTIVE OF THE MOSQUE: LAYOUT AND ARCHITECTURAL COMPONENTS -- 5.1 INTRODUCTION -- 5.2 STATUS OF THE MOSQUE -- 5.3 SITE -- 5.4 MOSQUE LAYOUT -- 5.5 ARCHITECTURAL COMPONENTS OF THE MOSQUE -- 5.6 CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 6. A PROPHETIC PERSPECTIVE OF THE MOSQUE: ELABORATION AND DECORATION -- 6.1 INTRODUCTION -- 6.2 DISCUSSING ANTI-BUILDING TRADITIONS -- 6.3 MOSQUE-RELATED ḤADĪTHS: A THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK -- 6.4 DECORATION -- 6.5 CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 7. EVOLUTION OF MOSQUE ARCHITECTURE: BETWEEN 'ORTHODOXY' AND OTHER MODALITIES -- 7.1 INTRODUCTION -- 7.2 EVOLUTION OF THE MOSQUE UNDER THE RĀSHIDŪN -- 7.3 EVOLUTION OF THE MOSQUE UNDER THE UMAYYADS -- 7.4 CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 8. CONCLUSIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
Summary: The fact that many features are standard to the oldest surviving mosques suggests that a canonical type, mostly a courtyard surrounded by four porticoes, did exist early in Islamic history. While the structure built by the Prophet in Madina, soon after the Hijra in 622 AD, is believed by many to have later provided the prototype of the mosque, the dominant theory that it was only a private residence casts doubt on that belief. The current study provides fresh evidence, based on the Qurʾān, ḥadīth and early poetry, that this structure was indeed built to be a mosque.
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Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- TRANSLITERATION -- CHARTS, TABLES, PLATES AND FIGURES -- CHAPTER ONE. INTRODUCTION-AIM AND SCOPE -- 1.1 WHY HAS THE RELIGIOUS CONTEXT FOR MOSQUE EVOLUTION BEEN UNDERESTIMATED TO DATE? -- 1.2 DOMINANT PERSPECTIVES ON THE PROPHET AND HIS HOMELAND -- 1.3 PROBLEMS WITH THESE VIEWS -- 1.4 QUESTIONS AND METHODOLOGY -- CHAPTER 2. SOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF EARLY MOSQUES -- 2.1 INTRODUCTION -- 2.2 ARABIC LITERARY SOURCES -- 2.3 OTHER EXISTING EVIDENCE -- 2.4 CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 3. STUDYING ḤADĪTH -- 3.1 INTRODUCTION -- 3.2 ḤADĪTH IN MODERN SCHOLARSHIP -- 3.3 HISTORY OF ḤADĪTH TRANSMISSION -- 3.4 DIALECTICS ABOUT THE AUTHORITATIVENESS OF THE TRADITION -- 3.5 CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 4. THE 'HOUSE OF THE PROPHET' OR THE 'MOSQUE OF THE PROPHET'? -- 4.1 INTRODUCTION -- 4.2 EXISTING THEORIES ON THE PROPHET'S BUILDING -- 4.3 THE 'HOUSE OF THE PROPHET' THEORY -- 4.4 THE 'MOSQUE OF THE PROPHET' THEORY -- 4.5 ḤADĪTH AND THE 'MOSQUE OF THE PROPHET' -- 4.6 THE QURʾĀN AND THE 'MOSQUE OF THE PROPHET' -- 4.7 OTHER MOSQUES IN THE TIME OF THE PROPHET -- 4.8 CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 5. A PROPHETIC PERSPECTIVE OF THE MOSQUE: LAYOUT AND ARCHITECTURAL COMPONENTS -- 5.1 INTRODUCTION -- 5.2 STATUS OF THE MOSQUE -- 5.3 SITE -- 5.4 MOSQUE LAYOUT -- 5.5 ARCHITECTURAL COMPONENTS OF THE MOSQUE -- 5.6 CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 6. A PROPHETIC PERSPECTIVE OF THE MOSQUE: ELABORATION AND DECORATION -- 6.1 INTRODUCTION -- 6.2 DISCUSSING ANTI-BUILDING TRADITIONS -- 6.3 MOSQUE-RELATED ḤADĪTHS: A THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK -- 6.4 DECORATION -- 6.5 CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 7. EVOLUTION OF MOSQUE ARCHITECTURE: BETWEEN 'ORTHODOXY' AND OTHER MODALITIES -- 7.1 INTRODUCTION -- 7.2 EVOLUTION OF THE MOSQUE UNDER THE RĀSHIDŪN -- 7.3 EVOLUTION OF THE MOSQUE UNDER THE UMAYYADS -- 7.4 CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 8. CONCLUSIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX

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The fact that many features are standard to the oldest surviving mosques suggests that a canonical type, mostly a courtyard surrounded by four porticoes, did exist early in Islamic history. While the structure built by the Prophet in Madina, soon after the Hijra in 622 AD, is believed by many to have later provided the prototype of the mosque, the dominant theory that it was only a private residence casts doubt on that belief. The current study provides fresh evidence, based on the Qurʾān, ḥadīth and early poetry, that this structure was indeed built to be a mosque.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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