“Classical” Islamic Legal Theory as Ideology Nasr Abu Zayd’s Study of al-Shafiʿi’s al-Risala
Joseph Schacht opened his classical work on Islamic law in 1950 with the following statement: The classical theory of Muhammadan law, as developed by the Muhammadan jurisprudents, traces the whole of the legal system to four principles or sources: the Koran, thesunnaof the Prophet, that is, his mode...
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Published in | Islamic Studies in the Twenty-First Century pp. 183 - 204 |
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Format | Book Chapter |
Language | English |
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Amsterdam
Amsterdam University Press
15.01.2017
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Summary: | Joseph Schacht opened his classical work on Islamic law in 1950 with the following statement:
The classical theory of Muhammadan law, as developed by the Muhammadan jurisprudents, traces the whole of the legal system to four principles or sources: the Koran, thesunnaof the Prophet, that is, his model behaviour, the consensus of the orthodox community, and the method of analogy. The essentials of this theory were created by Shāfi‘ī … [H]e carried it to a degree of competence and mastery which had not been achieved before and was hardly equalled and never surpassed after him. (Schacht 1959, 1) |
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ISBN: | 9789089649263 9089649263 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9789048528189-010 |