Abstract
« Satan's House » : The hammâm under debate in Medieval Islam How should one account for the islamization of Roman baths from the seventh to eighth centuries onwards ? The most commonly accepted explanation maintains that the hammâm was adopted quickly and easily because of the major ritual function it fulfils. However, an analysis of the legal literature during the first centuries of the Hijra reeveals strenuous opposition to this adaptation, especially in certain religious circles, and that the requirement of physical purification played but a modest role. Like rabbinic Judaism, albeit with some reservations concerning sexual morals, Islam endorses the classical culture of bathing, propagating and promoting such practices in turn.
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