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Index
Cover
Half title
Title
Copyright
Contents
Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Funerary Traditions and the Making of Islamic Society
Chapter One
Commemorating the Muslim Fathers
The Process of Islamization
Traditionist Opposition to Tombstones
Early Shi‘ite Versus Late Sunni Concessions
Chapter Two
Everyman’s Prophet and His Wives
Washing Corpses in Medina
The Sexual Boundary in Iraqi Law
Beautifying the Body
Islamicizing the Corpse
The Jewish, Christian, and Zoroastrian Contexts
Chapter Three
Remembering Muhammad’s Shrouds After the Arab Conquests
Sources of Religious or Worldly Distinction
Family Debts
Shroud Gifts in the Age of the Caliphs
Chapter Four
The Birth of Tragedy in al-Jahiliyya
Reactions to a Ritual of Mourning
Padlocking the Women in Kufa
Women in Defense of Lament
The Rise of Islam and the Question of Women
Chapter Five
The Urban Context: Cemeteries
Against Pomp in Processions
Ethiopian Biers for Notable Women
Muslim Participation in Jews’ or Christians’ Funerals
Communal Prayer for Imperfect Muslims
Chapter Six
The Funeral Hierarchy: Governors, Patriarchs, and Husbands
An Imam of Their Own
Gestures of Leadership, or The Imam and the Hermaphrodite
Inserting the Corpse Into the Tomb
A Prayer for God’s Slave
Low Graves Facing Mecca
The Marwanid Reconstruction of Muhammad’s Sepulcher
Chapter Seven
The Qur’anic al-Barzakh Between Bones and Soul
The Journey of the Spirit and the Sojourn in the Grave
Purgation or Retribution in the Grave
The Efficaciousness of Rituals and the Afterlife
Epilogue: Death Rites and the Process of Islamic Socialization
List of Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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