Contents

Foreword

Major Reviews of the Reprinted Works

Note on the Layout of the Volume

List of Original Publications and Acknowledgments

I. Introduction

II. The Muslim Concept of Freedom Prior to the Nineteenth Century

III. The Herb: Hashish versus Medieval Muslim Society

IV. Gambling in Islam

V. “Sweeter Than Hope”: Complaint and Hope in Medieval Islam

VI. The Individual and Society

I Am You" - Individual Piety and Society in Islam

Gifts and Bribes: The Muslim View

Appendix. Cannabis and Alcohol: The Green and the Red

The Stranger in Medieval Islam

On Suicide in Islam

VII. Sexuality, Gender, and the Family

Fiction and Reality: Sources for the Role of Sex in Medieval Muslim Society

Male and Female: Described and Compared

Reflections on Love in Paradise

Muslim Social Values and Literary Criticism: Reflections on the Hadith of Umm Zar'

Child Psychology in Islam

VIII. Science and Learning in Society

Materials for an Appraisal of Knowledge as a Societal Force

Al-Asturlabi and as-Samaw'al on Scientific Progress

The Defense of Medicine in the Medieval Muslim World

The Physician in Medieval Muslim Society

Significant Uses of Arabic Writing

Of Making Many Books There Is No End:" The Classical Muslim View

Index of Selected Arabic, Persian, and Turkish Words

Index of Some Terms in Other Languages

Index of Proper Names and Places

Index of Subjects

Index of Qurʾān Citations