Rabi'a The Mystic and Her Fellow-Saints in Islam (Paperback)

Survey of sources; Part 1: 1. The place of women among the S?fis; 2. Offers of marriage; 3. Asceticism of R?bi'a; 4. The miracles of Muslim saints; 5. R?bi'a's declining years; Part 2: 6. Estimate of R?bi'a's teaching by the S?fi writers; 7. Repentance; 8. Hope and fear; 9. Poverty; 10. Love, including satisfaction, longing and intimacy; Part 3: 11. The position of woman in Muslim lands in pre-Islamic and early Islamic times; 12. The position of the woman saint; 13. Celibacy in Isl?m; 14. The communion of saints in Isl?m; 15. The cult of the saints in modern Isl?m; List of authors quoted; Index.