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In Sainthood and Authority in Early Islam Aiyub Palmer recasts wilāya in terms of Islamic authority and traces its development in both political and religious spheres up through the 3rd and 4th Islamic centuries. This book pivots around the ideas of al-Ḥakīm al-Tirmidhī, the first Muslim theologian and mystic to write on the topic of wilāya.
By looking at its structural roots in Arab and Islamic social organization, Aiyub Palmer has reframed the discussion about sainthood in early Islam to show how it relates more broadly to other forms of authority in Islam. This book not only looks anew at the influential ideas of al-Tirmidhī but also challenges current modes of thought around the nature of authority in Islamicate societies.
By looking at its structural roots in Arab and Islamic social organization, Aiyub Palmer has reframed the discussion about sainthood in early Islam to show how it relates more broadly to other forms of authority in Islam. This book not only looks anew at the influential ideas of al-Tirmidhī but also challenges current modes of thought around the nature of authority in Islamicate societies.
Price: $137.00
Pages: 220
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Studies on Sufism
Publication Date:
19 December 2019
ISBN: 9789004408302
Format: Hardcover
'Dr. Palmer’s thoughtful and well documented examination of the rise and development of the concept of “sainthood” in ascetic-mystical Islam is intimately relevant to the ongoing intellectual and theological debates in the Muslim world and in Muslim diaspora communities over normative notions of Islamic doctrine and practice.'
Alexander Knysh, Professor of Islamic Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
‘[...] the book makes an interesting and rewarding read on the whole not only on account of its lucid style and well-knit arguments but also for many original insights that the students and scholars of Islamic history would find illuminating and instructive.’
The Muslim World Book Review, 42:4, 2022 (42-44).
Alexander Knysh, Professor of Islamic Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
‘[...] the book makes an interesting and rewarding read on the whole not only on account of its lucid style and well-knit arguments but also for many original insights that the students and scholars of Islamic history would find illuminating and instructive.’
The Muslim World Book Review, 42:4, 2022 (42-44).
Aiyub Palmer, Ph.D. (2015), University of Michigan, is Assistant Professor of Arabic and Islam at the University of Kentucky. He has written on the topic of wilāya in Sufism and has published an article on the influence of al-Ḥakīm al-Tirmidhī’s ideas on the development of Ibn al-ʿArabī’s notion of wilāya (Journal of Sufi Studies, 2018).