TY - BOOK AU - Katz,Marion Holmes TI - Prayer in Islamic thought and practice T2 - Themes in Islamic history SN - 9781107341340 AV - BP178 .K35 2013eb U1 - 297.3/822 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Cambridge, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Prayer KW - Islam KW - Salat KW - Prière KW - Ṣalāt KW - RELIGION KW - Rituals & Practice KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - gnd KW - Gebet KW - Electronic book N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Canonical prayer (ṣalat) and supplication (duʻa'): development and rules -- Ṣalat: conditions and components -- Supplication: duʻa' -- Valid prayer and ideal prayer -- Intent (nīya) -- Reverence (khushu') and concentration (ḥuḍūr al-qalb) -- The cultivation of emotion -- Ethical transformation -- Interpretive models: what is ṣalat, and what does it do? -- The model of the royal audience -- Prayer as communication -- Ṣalat as an exercise in self-discipline -- Ṣalat 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 N2 - Offers a broad historical survey of the rules, values and interpretations relating to Salat, the five daily prayers of Islam UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=545645 ER -