Author : Michael Cook
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139431609
Total Pages : 724 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Commanding Right and Forbidding Wrong in Islamic Thought by : Michael Cook
Download or read book Commanding Right and Forbidding Wrong in Islamic Thought written by Michael Cook and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-01-25 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do we have a duty to stop others doing wrong? The question is intelligible in any civilisation, but only in the Islamic tradition is 'commanding right and forbidding wrong' a central moral tenet. Michael Cook's analysis is the first to chart the history of Islamic reflection on this obligation.