JUST PUBLISHED. NOW AVAILABLE. The House of the Prophet: Devotion to Muhammad in Islamic Mysticism is a historical survey of the centuries of theological arguments centered around the metaphysical terms, “Reality of Muhammad” and the “Family of Muhammad.” Those influential interpretations served to defend a vast range of personal and public devotional practices (such as intercessory prayers, the birthday and Mi’raj of the Prophet, or Sunni understandings of the “people”/Family of Muhammad).

House of the Prophet: Devotion to Muhammad in Islamic Mysticism