The Origins of the Shi'a: Identity, Ritual, and Sacred Space in EighthCentury K?fa (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization),Used

The Origins of the Shi'a: Identity, Ritual, and Sacred Space in EighthCentury K?fa (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization),Used

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The SunniShi'a schism is often framed as a dispute over the identity of the successor to Muhammad. In reality, however, this fracture only materialized a century later in the important southern Iraqi city of Kufa (presentday Najaf). This book explores the birth and development of Shi'i identity. Through a critical analysis of legal texts, whose provenance has only recently been confirmed, the study shows how the early Shi'a carved out independent religious and social identities through specific ritual practices and within separate sacred spaces. In this way, the book addresses two seminal controversies in the study of early Islam, namely the dating of Kufan Shi'i identity, and the means by which the Shi'a differentiated themselves from mainstream Kufan society. This is an important, original, and pathbreaking book that marks a significant development in the study of early Islamic society.

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