Picken, Gavin <br/><br/>
Spiritual purification in Islam :  the life and works of al-Muḥāsibī / 
Gavin Picken 
 - Abingdon, Oxon ;  New York :  Routledge,  c2011 
 - xii, 248 p. ;  25 cm. 
 - Routledge Sufi series ;  11 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index 
<br/><br/>The Abbasid crucible: the historical background to al-Muhasibi’s life -- Master of the wayfarers: the life of al-Harith al-Muhasibi -- The wayfarer’s legacy: the works of al-Harith al-Muhasibi -- Purification of the soul: the concept of tazkiyat al-nafs in Islam -- Purification of the soul in the formative period: al-Muhasibi’s methodology of tazkiyat al-nafs 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780415548229 0415548225 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Muslim scholars--Biography<br/>Sufis--Biography<br/>Soul--Islam<br/>Sufism