The Epistle on Legal Theory: Muhammad Ibn Idris Al-shafi I: A Translation of Al-Shafi'i's Risalah (Library of Arabic Literature) - Hardcover

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ISBN 10: 0814769985 ISBN 13: 9780814769980

Verlag: New York University Press, 2013

Inhaltsangabe

The Epistle on Legal Theory is the oldest surviving Arabic work on Islamic legal theory and thefoundational document of Islamic jurisprudence. Its author, Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i (d.204 H/820 AD), was the eponym of the Shafi'i school of legal thought, one of the four rites inSunni Islam. This fascinating work offers the first systematic treatment in Arabic of key issuesin Islamic legal thought. These include a survey of the importance of Arabic as the language ofrevelation, principles of textual interpretation to be applied to the Qur'an and prophetic Traditions,techniques for harmonizing apparently contradictory precedents, legal epistemology, rulesof inference, and discussions of when legal interpretation is required. The author illustrates histheoretical claims with numerous examples drawn from nearly all areas of Islamic law, includingritual law, commercial law, tort law, and criminal law. The text thus provides an important window into both Islamic law and legal thought in particular and early Islamic intellectual history in general.

 

The Arabic text has been established on the basis of the two most important critical editions and includesvariants in the notes, while the English text is a new translation by a leading scholar of Shafi'i and his thought. The Epistle onLegal Theory represents one of the earliest complete works on Islamic law, one that is centrally important for the formation ofIslamic legal thought and the Islamic legal tradition.

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Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i (d. 204H/820AD) was the eponym of the Shafi'i school of legal thought, one of the four rites in Sunni Islam.

Joseph E. Lowry is Associate Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. His books include Early Islamic Legal Theory: The Risala of Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafiʾi. His research and publications focus on the Qurʾan, Islamic law, and Arabic literature. Before becoming an academic he was an attorney in private practice in Washington, D.C.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: New York University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0814769985
• ISBN 13: 9780814769980
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 504
• Herausgeber: Lowry Joseph E.
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