Youshaa Patel
Biographic Data
| ID | 3965955 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Youshaa Patel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Youshaa |
| FAMILY NAME | Patel |
| SIGNATURE | PATEL Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lafayette College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Elements of Muslim Style
Although the authoritative collections of hadiths, fragmentary texts that enshrine the Prophet Muhammad’s sunna , or way, provide detailed guidance on how Muslim men should style their beards, it was not always clear how to interpret them. Later generations of Muslim scholars fashioned a discursive tradition around styling the beard that clarified the meanings entangled within these holy but cryptic texts to define the elements of Muslim style. T…
The Islamic Treatises against Imitation (Tašabbuh)
This bibliographical essay documents for the first time the treatises written on the Sunni Islamic doctrine of tašabbuh —the reprehensible imitation of others, especially non-Muslims. Since the formative period of Islam, tašabbuh has played an important role in shaping both Islamic orthodoxy and Muslim inter-religious relations. But due to a focus on the doctrine’s historical origins, existing scholarship has yet to identify the Islamic literary …
Whoever Imitates a People Becomes One of Them”
This article examines the canonization of the Prophetic hadith, “Whoever imitates a people becomes one of them,” which became the keynote expression of tashabbuh (reprehensible imitation), a Sunni doctrine commonly invoked by religious authorities to distinguish Muslims from non-Muslims. First, I analyze how the Partisans of Hadith transmitted and classified the hadith, highlighting the pivotal role of Abū Dāwūd (d. 275/889) in canonizing the tra…
What Is Islam
Whoever Imitates a People Becomes One of Them”
This article examines the canonization of the Prophetic hadith, “Whoever imitates a people becomes one of them,” which became the keynote expression of tashabbuh (reprehensible imitation), a Sunni doctrine commonly invoked by religious authorities to distinguish Muslims from non-Muslims. First, I analyze how the Partisans of Hadith transmitted and classified the hadith, highlighting the pivotal role of Abū Dāwūd (d. 275/889) in canonizing the tra…
The Islamic Treatises against Imitation (Tašabbuh)
This bibliographical essay documents for the first time the treatises written on the Sunni Islamic doctrine of tašabbuh —the reprehensible imitation of others, especially non-Muslims. Since the formative period of Islam, tašabbuh has played an important role in shaping both Islamic orthodoxy and Muslim inter-religious relations. But due to a focus on the doctrine’s historical origins, existing scholarship has yet to identify the Islamic literary …
Whoever Imitates a People Becomes One of Them”
This article examines the canonization of the Prophetic hadith, “Whoever imitates a people becomes one of them,” which became the keynote expression of tashabbuh (reprehensible imitation), a Sunni doctrine commonly invoked by religious authorities to distinguish Muslims from non-Muslims. First, I analyze how the Partisans of Hadith transmitted and classified the hadith, highlighting the pivotal role of Abū Dāwūd (d. 275/889) in canonizing the tra…
What Is Islam
Elements of Muslim Style
Although the authoritative collections of hadiths, fragmentary texts that enshrine the Prophet Muhammad’s sunna , or way, provide detailed guidance on how Muslim men should style their beards, it was not always clear how to interpret them. Later generations of Muslim scholars fashioned a discursive tradition around styling the beard that clarified the meanings entangled within these holy but cryptic texts to define the elements of Muslim style. T…
Islam (4 works) · Islamic Studies and History (4 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Theology (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Doctrine (2 works) · Education and Islamic Studies (2 works) · Historical and Linguistic Studies (2 works) · History (2 works)