This book stands forth as one of the best efforts at reconciling the differences between the Sunni and Shi’i schools of thought. The author, a highly distinguished Sunni scholar from Lebanon, argues cogently that the two dimensions of the Islamic tradition are in complete harmony as regards the essentials of the faith, and that their differences are legitimate applications of essential principles on the plane of theology, law and history.
Supplications (Du`a) Paperback
£7.00In the present volume, the famous ‘Du’a Kumayl’ takes pride of place, a supplication that is recited every Thursday evening in countless mosques throughout the Muslim world, a practice that goes back several centuries.
A careful reading of this and the other prayers given here does more to evoke the sense of the spirituality underlying the Shi’a tradition than many formal treatises and expositions; they serve to enliven one’s sense of what it means to be immersed in a tradition dominated by the towering figures of the Ahl al-Bayt,(‘People of the Prophetic Household’).
Translated by:Â W.C. Chittick
ISBN:Â 0 9506986 3 6
Binding:Â Paperback
Publisher:Â Muhammadi Trust
First Published:Â 1990
Size:Â 134mm x 205mm
Pages:Â 64
State:Â Used (like new)
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