Emergence of Early Sufi Piety and Sunni Scholasticism

In the figure of ?Abdallah b. al-Mubarak (118-181/736-797), we find a paragon of the fields of hadith, zuhd, and jihad, as attested to by the large number of references to him in the classical Islamic texts. His superior rank as a hadith transmitter earned him the title "e;commander of the faithful"e; in hadith. He contributed to Islamic law at its early phases of development, practiced jihad, com...