Presence of the Prophet in Early Modern and Contemporary Islam

Nelly Amri (Ph.D. 1996, Habilitation 2004) is Professor of History (University of La Manouba). In her research she focuses on piety, Sufism, hagiography, the history of sanctity and female sainthood in the Maghreb. Her publications include Croire au Maghreb médiéval. La sainteté en question, XIVe–XVe siècle (2019).Rachida Chih (Ph.D. 1996, Habilitation 2015, Aix-en Provence) is Senior Researcher (CNRS, Paris). She specializes in the history, literature and anthropology of Sufism in modern and contemporary Egypt and Morocco. Her publications include Sufism in Ottoman Egypt: Circulation, Renewal and Authority in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries (2019).Stefan Reichmuth (Ph.D. 1983, Habilitation 1992) is retired Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Bochum University. He has published on Arabic and Islam in Africa, the history of science, Sufism and transregional networks, including “Aspects of Prophetic Piety in the Early Modern Period” (2017).ContributorsNelly Amri, Emma Aubin-Boltanski, Sana Chavoshian, Rachida Chih, Vincent Geisser, Denis Gril, Mohamed Amine Hamidoune, David Jordan, Hanan Karam, Kai Kresse, Jamal Malik,Youssef Nouiouar, Luca Patrizi, Thomas Pierret, Stefan Reichmuth, Youssouf T. Sangaré, Besnik Sinani, Fabio Vicini and Ines Weinrich.

• AcknowledgementsList of Figures and TablesNotes on ContributorsIntroductionNelly Amri, Rachida Chih and Stefan ReichmuthPart 1: A Living and Close Mediator: Prayer and Chant1 Assemblies for “Prayer on the Prophet” in the MaghribWasīlat al-mutawassilīn, by Barakāt al-ʿArūsī (d. ca. 897/1492), and Its LegacyNelly Amri2 La pratique de la “prière sur le Prophète” (taṣliya)Modalité essentielle de la présence prophétiqueAmine Hamidoune3 The Creation of Muḥammad’s Qualities through Contemporary Chant in Syria and LebanonInes WeinrichPart 2: Spirituality and Materiality of the Prophetic Presence4 “Tu obtiendras ainsi le degré des Compagnons”Voir le Prophète à l’état de veilleDenis Gril5 In the Aura of the ProphetDreaming of Fāṭima and the Tropes of Connectedness in Iranian Women’s Pious CirclesSana Chavoshian6 Le dépôt sacréLes reliques du prophète Muḥammad entre dévotion et fondation du pouvoirLuca PatriziPart 3: Identity-Building in the Mirror of the Prophet7 Living the Sunna, Cultivating the BrotherhoodFollowing the Prophet Muḥammad in a Sufi-Inspired Reformist Community in Contemporary TurkeyFabio Vicini8 Pratiques et représentations du prophète Muhammad chez les jeunes musulmans françaisLa survivance d’un “modèle prophétique” ?Vincent Geisser and Youssef Nouiouar9 Socialisation and Individualisation in the Mirror of the Prophet among Young Muslims in North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany)Stefan Reichmuth and Hanan KaramPart 4: Celebrating the Prophet: Mawlid in Context10 Mīlād al-Nabī in South AsiaRe-animating the ProphetJamal Malik11 Maulidi Celebrations on the Northern Swahili CoastPiety and Party: Levels and Layers of AmbivalenceKai Kresse12 The Reading of an Ibāḍī-Sufi Mawlid Text and Its Controversial Legacy in OmanAbū Muslim al-Bahlānī’s (1860–1920) al-Nashʾa al-muḥammadiyyaDavid Jordan13 A Mawlid al-Nabī under Close SurveillanceBeirut, November 2019Emma Aubin-BoltanskiPart 5: Defending the Veneration of the Prophet: ʿUlamāʾ and Preachers14 Devotional Extremism (ghuluww)?Muḥammad ʿAlawī al-Mālikī and the Debate over the Veneration (taʿẓīm) and the Characteristics (khaṣāʾiṣ) of the Prophet Muḥammad in Saudi ArabiaBesnik Sinani15 Prophetic Rituals in Modern SyriaDefending the “Old Orthodoxy” with the ʿUlamāʾ in ItThomas Pierret16 Chérif Ousmane Madani Haïdara on the Obligation to Venerate the Prophet and His Family in Contemporary Mali (En Islam contemporain iv)Youssouf T. SangaréIndex