Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PART I INTRODUCTORY; PART II THE HANBALITES; PART III THE MUTAZILITES AND SHIITES; PART IV OTHER SECTS AND SCHOOLS; PART V BEYOND CLASSICAL ISLAM; APPENDIX 1 KEY KORANIC VERSES AND TRADITIONS; APPENDIX 2 BARHEBRAEUS ON FORBIDDING WRONG; BIBLIOGRAPHY; POSTSCRIPT; INDEX
Summary
Do we have a duty to stop others doing wrong? The question is intelligible in any civilization, 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
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