Commanding Right and Forbidding Wrong in Islamic Thought

Michael (Princeton University, New Jersey) Cook

Cambridge University Press, 2001

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Do we have a duty to stop others doing wrong? The question is intelligible in any civilisation, 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.

ISBN-13
9780521661744
ISBN-10
0521661749
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2001
Publication date
2001-01-25
Pages
724
Dimensions
236x159x49
Weight
1206