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Understanding the Hadith : the sacred traditions of Islam / Ram Swarup.
- Title
- Understanding the Hadith : the sacred traditions of Islam / Ram Swarup.
- Author
- Swarup, Ram
- Publication
- Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2002.
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Details
- Description
- 258 p.; 23 cm.
- Alternative Title
- Understanding Islam through Hadis
- Subject
- Hadith > Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Note
- Previously published as: Understanding Islam through Hadis. New Delhi : Voice of India, 1983.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and (p. 247-249) index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Faith (Iman) -- Purification (Taharah) -- Prayer (Salat) -- The Poor Tax (Zakat) -- Fasting and Pilgrimage (Sawm and Hajj) -- Marriage and Divorce (Al-Nikah and Al-Talaq) -- Business Transactions, Inheritances, Gifts, Bequests, Vows, and Oaths -- Crime and Punishment (Qasamah, Qisas, Hadud) -- Religious Wars (Jihad) -- Government (Al-Imara) -- Hunting, Food, and Drink -- Clothing, Decorations, General Behavior, Greetings, Magic, Poetry, Visions, Dreams -- Muhammad on Muhammad -- The Prophet's Companions -- Virtue, Destiny, Knowledge, Remembrance of God -- Paradise, Hell, Their Inmates, the Last Day -- Repentance (Tauba), I -- Repentance, II (The Self-Criticism of Ka'b b. Malik) -- Hypocrites (Munafiqin).
- ISBN
- 1591020174 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2002029165
- OCLC
- 50192289
- SCSB-11101560
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library