Princeton Readings in Religions

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Princeton Readings in Religions v
3. Note on Translation, Transliteration, and Acknowledgments vii
4. CONTENTS ix
5. List of Illustrations xiii
6. Contributors xv
7. Preface: Islam in South Asia in Practice xvii
8. Maps xxvi
9. Introduction: A Historical Overview of Islam in South Asia 1
10. Devotion and Praise: To Allah, Muhammad, Imams, and Elders
11. Introduction 43
12. 1. Satpanthi Ismaili Songs to Hazrat Ali and the Imams 48
13. 2. The Soul’s Quest in Malik Muhammad Jayasi’s Hindavi Romance 63
14. 3. Pilgrimage to the Shrines in Ajmer 77
15. 4. Women’s Grinding and Spinning Songs of Devotion in the Late Medieval Deccan 87
16. 5. Qawwali Songs of Praise 93
17. 6. Na‘t: Media Contexts and Transnational Dimensions of a Devotional Practice 101
18. 7. Shi‘i Mourning in Muhurram: Nauha Laments for Children Killed at Karbala 113
19. 8. Islam and the Devotional Image in Pakistan 120
20. Holy and Exemplary Lives
21. Introduction 135
22. 9. Ibn Battuta Meets Shah Jalal al-Din Tabrizi in Bengal 138
23. 10. Narratives of the Life of Haider Shaykh in Punjab 144
24. 11. The Daily Life of a Saint, Ahmad Sirhindi, by Badr al-Din Sirhindi 158
25. 12. Sufi Ritual Practice among the Barkatiyya Sayyids of U.P.: Nuri Miyan’s Life and ‘Urs, Late Nineteenth–Early Twentieth Centuries 166
26. 13. Transgressions of a Holy Fool: A Majzub in Colonial India 173
27. The Transmission of Learning
28. Introduction 187
29. 14. Saving Tamil Muslims from the Torments of Hell: Vannapparimalappulavar’s Book of One Thousand Questions 190
30. 15. The Taqwiyyat al-Iman (Support of the Faith) by Shah Isma‘il Shahid 201
31. 16. The Brilliance of Hearts: Hajji Imdadullah Teaches Meditation and Ritual 212
32. 17. Studying Hadith in a Madrasa in the Early Twentieth Century 225
33. 18. Jihad in the Way of God: A Tablighi Jama‘at Account of a Mission in India 240
34. 19. A College Girl Gives a Qur’an Lesson in Bangladesh 250
35. Guidance, Sharia, and Law
36. Introduction 265
37. 20. Ibn Battuta as a Qadi in the Maldives 271
38. 21. Guiding the Ruler and Prince 279
39. 22. A Colonial Court Defines a Muslim 293
40. 23. Maulana Thanawi’s Fatwa on the Limits of Parental Rights over Children 305
41. 24. Shari‘at Governance in Colonial and Postcolonial India 317
42. 25. Two Sufis on Molding the New Muslim Woman: Khwaja Hasan Nizami (1878–1955) and Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882–1927) 326
43. 26. Fatwa Advice on Proper Muslim Names 339
44. 27. A Rallying Cry for Muslim Personal Law: The Shah Bano Case and Its Aftermath 352
45. Belonging
46. Introduction 371
47. 28. Forest Clearing and the Growth of Islam in Bengal 375
48. 29. Challenging the Mughal Emperor: The Islamic Millennium according to ‘Abd al-Qadir Badayuni 390
49. 30. Custom and Conversion in Malabar: Zayn al-Din al-Malibari’s Gift of the Mujahidin: Some Accounts of the Portuguese 403
50. 31. Muslim League Appeals to the Voters of Punjab for Support of Pakistan 409
51. 32. Advocating a Secular Pakistan: The Munir Report of 1954 424
52. 33. Maulana Yusuf Ludhianvi on the Limits of Legitimate Religious Differences 438
53. 34. The Indian Jama‘at-i Islami Reconsiders Secular Democracy 447
54. Glossary 457
55. Index 461