Muhammad : forty introductions / Michael Muhammad Knight.
"[This book] offers a distinct and nuanced take on the life and teachings of the prophet Muhammad, using a traditional genre of Islamic literature called the forty hadiths collection. Hadiths are the reported sayings and actions of Muhammad that have been collected by the tens of thousands thro...
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| Other title: | Muhammad : 40 introductions. |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Soft Skull,
2019.
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| Edition: | First Soft Skull Press edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introducing the introductions
- 2. Punk rock and Bedouin piss
- 3. The Prophet in his world
- 4. The Hadith of Gabriel
- 5. The end of prophethood
- 6. Who created God?
- 7. Muhammad the "Pure Greek"
- 8. Portrait of the Prophet as a young man
- 9. Muhammad the orphan
- 10. The mountain of light
- 11. The ascension
- 12. "His character was the Qur'an"
- 13. The people of wudu'
- 14. The seven oft-repeated
- 15. Forgive His Hands Too
- 16. Hadiths of intention
- 17. The greater jihad
- 18. Death of the Prophet
- 19. Muhammad as light
- 20. The city and the gate
- 21. The people of the house
- 22. The lady of light
- 23. Muhammad the grandfather
- 24. Like the stars
- 25. Mother of the believers
- 26. Prophetic sexuality
- 27. The 'A'isha question
- 28. Muhammad the lawgiver
- 29. Deleuzian fingernails
- 30. Muhammad and the animal
- 31. The bag of meat
- 32. Muhammad the shaman
- 33. Dreaming Muhammad
- 34. Knowledge in China
- 35. Hadiths for losers
- 36. Queering Muhammad
- 37. Knowledge of self
- 38. Hair and skin
- 39. The mercy of difference
- 40. Thank allah for Amina Wadud
- Acknowledgments
- Bibliography.