Ḥums - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Ḥums - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Munt, Harry

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1063303
Doc. NO	:	ALei3700
Main Entry	:	Munt, Harry
Title & Author	:	Ḥums - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Munt, Harry
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(714 words)
Abstract	:	The Ḥums (sing. Aḥmasī) were a cultic association in the pre-Islamic period, centred on the Meccan tribe of Quraysh but involving members also of other groups. They are often defined in the sources primarily as a pietist group. Ibn Qutayba (d. 276/889), for example, defines al-taḥammus as “intense exertion in the [practice of one’s] faith” (al-tashaddud fī l-dīn) (Ibn Qutayba, 616), and Julius Wellhausen argued that there is nothing peculiarly Meccan about every instance of taḥammus (Wellhausen, 85–6). It is clear, however, from
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei3700.pdf