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Islam in South Asia in Practice

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Published/Copyright: 2009

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This volume of Princeton Readings in Religions brings together the work of more than thirty scholars of Islam and Muslim societies in South Asia to create a rich anthology of primary texts that contributes to a new appreciation of the lived religious and cultural experiences of the world's largest population of Muslims. The thirty-four selections--translated from Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Bengali, Tamil, Gujarati, Hindavi, Dakhani, and other languages--highlight a wide variety of genres, many rarely found in standard accounts of Islamic practice, from oral narratives to elite guidance manuals, from devotional songs to secular judicial decisions arbitrating Islamic law, and from political posters to a discussion among college women affiliated with an "Islamist" organization. Drawn from premodern texts, modern pamphlets, government and organizational archives, new media, and contemporary fieldwork, the selections reflect the rich diversity of Islamic belief and practice in South Asia. Each reading is introduced with a brief contextual note from its scholar-translator, and Barbara Metcalf introduces the whole volume with a substantial historical overview.

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Barbara D. Metcalf is president-elect of the American Historical Association. She is professor emeritus of history at the University of California, Davis, and most recently has taught at the University of Michigan. She is the author of Islamic Revival in British India and the coauthor of A Concise History of Modern India.

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"[G]iving access to a wide-range of texts, Islam in South Asia in Practice as an anthology is a rich source of the study of modern/pre-modern South Asian Islam--its religious practices, institutions, and worldview. Islam in South Asia in Practice can better serve as an introduction as well as guide and reference book, respectively, to a wide-ranging texts and practices and scholarly debates and discussions on South Asian Islam. In sum, given the extensive variety of topics and issues and broad selection of themes and concerns it covers is a must read for all those students and scholars who are interested in the history of Islam in South Asia in general and 'in practice' in particular."---Tauseef Ahamd Parray, Islam and Muslim Societies Journal --- "[T]he concentration of information and insight provided here--from Islamic doctrine to the mechanics of religious practices, sacred texts and spiritual discipline--goes a long way towards capturing the multifaceted meaning of what it has meant to live one's life as a Muslim at different times and in different places in South Asia."---Sarah Ansari, Journal of Islamic Studies --- "[Islam in South Asia in Practice] successfully achieves its place as both a challenge to the Orientalist models of scholarship of the past as well as makes accessible the arguments and primary sources to a larger audience. . . . [T]he overall quality and tone of the articles is one that . . . pushes the field in important and meaningful ways, but manages to do so in a manner that can play well in classrooms."---Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst, Journal of Contemporary Asia

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Frontmatter
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Princeton Readings in Religions
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Note on Translation, Transliteration, and Acknowledgments
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CONTENTS
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List of Illustrations
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Contributors
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Preface: Islam in South Asia in Practice
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Barbara D. Metcalf

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Maps
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Introduction: A Historical Overview of Islam in South Asia
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Barbara D. Metcalf

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Devotion and Praise: To Allah, Muhammad, Imams, and Elders
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Barbara D. Metcalf

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1. Satpanthi Ismaili Songs to Hazrat Ali and the Imams
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Ali S. Asani

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2. The Soul’s Quest in Malik Muhammad Jayasi’s Hindavi Romance
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Aditya Behl

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3. Pilgrimage to the Shrines in Ajmer
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Catherine B. Asher

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4. Women’s Grinding and Spinning Songs of Devotion in the Late Medieval Deccan
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Richard Eaton

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5. Qawwali Songs of Praise
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Syed Akbar Hyder and Carla Petievich

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6. Na‘t: Media Contexts and Transnational Dimensions of a Devotional Practice
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Patrick Eisenlohr

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7. Shi‘i Mourning in Muhurram: Nauha Laments for Children Killed at Karbala
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Syed Akbar Hyder and Carla Petievich

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8. Islam and the Devotional Image in Pakistan
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Jamal J. Elias

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Holy and Exemplary Lives
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Introduction
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Barbara D. Metcalf

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9. Ibn Battuta Meets Shah Jalal al-Din Tabrizi in Bengal
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Barbara D. Metcalf

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10. Narratives of the Life of Haider Shaykh in Punjab
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Anna Bigelow

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11. The Daily Life of a Saint, Ahmad Sirhindi, by Badr al-Din Sirhindi
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Carl Ernst

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12. Sufi Ritual Practice among the Barkatiyya Sayyids of U.P.: Nuri Miyan’s Life and ‘Urs, Late Nineteenth–Early Twentieth Centuries
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Usha Sanyal

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13. Transgressions of a Holy Fool: A Majzub in Colonial India
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Nile Green

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The Transmission of Learning
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Introduction
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Barbara D. Metcalf

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14. Saving Tamil Muslims from the Torments of Hell: Vannapparimalappulavar’s Book of One Thousand Questions
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Ronit Ricci

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15. The Taqwiyyat al-Iman (Support of the Faith) by Shah Isma‘il Shahid
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Barbara D. Metcalf

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16. The Brilliance of Hearts: Hajji Imdadullah Teaches Meditation and Ritual
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Scott Kugle

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17. Studying Hadith in a Madrasa in the Early Twentieth Century
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Muhammad Qasim Zaman

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18. Jihad in the Way of God: A Tablighi Jama‘at Account of a Mission in India
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Barbara D. Metcalf

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19. A College Girl Gives a Qur’an Lesson in Bangladesh
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Maimuna Huq

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Guidance, Sharia, and Law
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Introduction
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Barbara D. Metcalf

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20. Ibn Battuta as a Qadi in the Maldives
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Barbara D. Metcalf

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21. Guiding the Ruler and Prince
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Muzaffar Alam

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22. A Colonial Court Defines a Muslim
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Alan M. Guenther

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23. Maulana Thanawi’s Fatwa on the Limits of Parental Rights over Children
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Fareeha Khan

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24. Shari‘at Governance in Colonial and Postcolonial India
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Ebrahim Moosa

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25. Two Sufis on Molding the New Muslim Woman: Khwaja Hasan Nizami (1878–1955) and Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882–1927)
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Marcia Hermansen

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26. Fatwa Advice on Proper Muslim Names
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Muhammad Khalid Masud

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27. A Rallying Cry for Muslim Personal Law: The Shah Bano Case and Its Aftermath
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Sylvia Vatuk

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Belonging
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Introduction
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Barbara D. Metcalf

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28. Forest Clearing and the Growth of Islam in Bengal
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Richard Eaton

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29. Challenging the Mughal Emperor: The Islamic Millennium according to ‘Abd al-Qadir Badayuni
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Ahmed Azfar Moin

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30. Custom and Conversion in Malabar: Zayn al-Din al-Malibari’s Gift of the Mujahidin: Some Accounts of the Portuguese
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Engseng Ho

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31. Muslim League Appeals to the Voters of Punjab for Support of Pakistan
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David Gilmartin

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32. Advocating a Secular Pakistan: The Munir Report of 1954
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Asad Ahmed

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33. Maulana Yusuf Ludhianvi on the Limits of Legitimate Religious Differences
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Naveeda Khan

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34. The Indian Jama‘at-i Islami Reconsiders Secular Democracy
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Irfan Ahmad

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Glossary
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Index
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Keywords for this book

Muslim; Islam; Sufism; Quran; Muhammad; Religion; Sheikh; Hadith; Sharia; South Asia; Sayyid; Hindu; Barbara D. Metcalf; Mosque; Ulama; Chishti Order; Ibn Battuta; Peace be upon him; Sunni Islam; The Sufis; Caliphate; Tablighi Jamaat; Kafir; Writing; Hanafi; Religious text; Deobandi; Recitation; Qawwali; Madrasa; God; Tariqa; Islamic culture; Islamism; Naqshbandi; Brahmin; Akbar; Dargah; Sunnah; Ideology; Sanskrit; Fatwa; Intercession; Theology; Muslim world; Piety; Infidel; Politics; Precedent; Poetry; Syed Ahmad Khan; Bhakti; Shah Jalal; Princeton University Press; Prayer; Supplication; Humility; Sikh; Shirk (Islam); North India; Ahmadiyya; Pakistan; Sermon; Allah; Ajmer; Islamic schools and branches; Surah; Mohd. Ahmed Khan v. Shah Bano Begum; Mufti; Martyr

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Islam in South Asia in Practice

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About this book

Author / Editor information

Reviews

Topics

Table of contents

Frontmatter

Princeton Readings in Religions

Note on Translation, Transliteration, and Acknowledgments

CONTENTS

List of Illustrations

Contributors

Preface: Islam in South Asia in Practice

Maps

Introduction: A Historical Overview of Islam in South Asia

Introduction

1. Satpanthi Ismaili Songs to Hazrat Ali and the Imams

2. The Soul’s Quest in Malik Muhammad Jayasi’s Hindavi Romance

3. Pilgrimage to the Shrines in Ajmer

4. Women’s Grinding and Spinning Songs of Devotion in the Late Medieval Deccan

5. Qawwali Songs of Praise

6. Na‘t: Media Contexts and Transnational Dimensions of a Devotional Practice

7. Shi‘i Mourning in Muhurram: Nauha Laments for Children Killed at Karbala

8. Islam and the Devotional Image in Pakistan

Introduction

9. Ibn Battuta Meets Shah Jalal al-Din Tabrizi in Bengal

10. Narratives of the Life of Haider Shaykh in Punjab

11. The Daily Life of a Saint, Ahmad Sirhindi, by Badr al-Din Sirhindi

12. Sufi Ritual Practice among the Barkatiyya Sayyids of U.P.: Nuri Miyan’s Life and ‘Urs, Late Nineteenth–Early Twentieth Centuries

13. Transgressions of a Holy Fool: A Majzub in Colonial India

Introduction

14. Saving Tamil Muslims from the Torments of Hell: Vannapparimalappulavar’s Book of One Thousand Questions

15. The Taqwiyyat al-Iman (Support of the Faith) by Shah Isma‘il Shahid

16. The Brilliance of Hearts: Hajji Imdadullah Teaches Meditation and Ritual

17. Studying Hadith in a Madrasa in the Early Twentieth Century

18. Jihad in the Way of God: A Tablighi Jama‘at Account of a Mission in India

19. A College Girl Gives a Qur’an Lesson in Bangladesh

Introduction

20. Ibn Battuta as a Qadi in the Maldives

21. Guiding the Ruler and Prince

22. A Colonial Court Defines a Muslim

23. Maulana Thanawi’s Fatwa on the Limits of Parental Rights over Children

24. Shari‘at Governance in Colonial and Postcolonial India

25. Two Sufis on Molding the New Muslim Woman: Khwaja Hasan Nizami (1878–1955) and Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882–1927)

26. Fatwa Advice on Proper Muslim Names

27. A Rallying Cry for Muslim Personal Law: The Shah Bano Case and Its Aftermath

Introduction

28. Forest Clearing and the Growth of Islam in Bengal

29. Challenging the Mughal Emperor: The Islamic Millennium according to ‘Abd al-Qadir Badayuni

30. Custom and Conversion in Malabar: Zayn al-Din al-Malibari’s Gift of the Mujahidin: Some Accounts of the Portuguese

31. Muslim League Appeals to the Voters of Punjab for Support of Pakistan

32. Advocating a Secular Pakistan: The Munir Report of 1954

33. Maulana Yusuf Ludhianvi on the Limits of Legitimate Religious Differences

34. The Indian Jama‘at-i Islami Reconsiders Secular Democracy

Glossary

Index

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