{"product_id":"muhammad-forty-introductions-isbn-9781593761479","title":"Muhammad: Forty Introductions","description":"\u003cb\u003eA “scholarly, hip, and digressive” primer on the life and teachings of the great prophet Muhammad—and the stunning diversity of Islam (\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e“\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMuhammad\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e is perfect . . . a book designed to seduce, educate, and irritate its audience into curiosity about Islam and Muhammad, and on all three fronts it succeeds.” —NPR Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e He ranks among the most venerated historical figures in the world, as well as among the most contested. \u003ci\u003eMuhammad: Forty Introductions\u003c\/i\u003e offers a distinct and nuanced take on the life and teachings of the prophet Muhammad, using a traditional genre of Islamic literature called the forty hadiths collection.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Hadiths are the reported sayings and actions of Muhammad that have been collected by the tens of thousands throughout Islamic history. There is a tradition in which Muslim scholars take from this vast textual ocean to compile their own smaller collections of forty hadiths, an act of curation that allows them to present their particular understanding of Muhammad’s legacy and the essential points of Islam.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Here, Michael Muhammad Knight offers forty narrations that provide windows into the diverse ways in which Muslims envision Muhammad. He also examines his own relationship to Muslim traditions while exploring such topics as law, mysticism, sectarianism, gender, and sexuality. By revealing the Prophet to be an ongoing construction, he carefully unravels notions about Islam’s center and margins.\u003cb\u003eMichael Muhammad Knight\u003c\/b\u003e is a novelist, essayist, journalist, and scholar. He converted to Islam at sixteen and traveled to Islamabad at seventeen to study at a madrasa. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Taqwacores\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlue-Eyed Devil\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTripping with Allah: Islam, Drugs, and Writing\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWhy I Am a Salafi\u003c\/i\u003e. He is an assistant professor of religious studies at the University of Central Florida in Orlando.","brand":"Soft Skull","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303200805093,"sku":"NP9781593761479","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781593761479.jpg?v=1767733092","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/muhammad-forty-introductions-isbn-9781593761479","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}