The Logic of Law Making in Islam - Couverture souple

Sadeghi, Behnam

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1107529786 ISBN 13 : 9781107529786

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2015

Synopsis

This pioneering study examines the process of reasoning in Islamic law. Some of the key questions addressed here include whether sacred law operates differently from secular law, why laws change or stay the same and how different cultural and historical settings impact the development of legal rulings. In order to explore these questions, the author examines the decisions of thirty jurists from the largest legal tradition in Islam: the Hanafi school of law. He traces their rulings on the question of women and communal prayer across a very broad period of time - from the eighth to the eighteenth century - to demonstrate how jurists interpreted the law and reconciled their decisions with the scripture and the sayings of the Prophet. The result is a fascinating overview of how Islamic law has evolved and the thinking behind individual rulings.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Behnam Sadeghi has been an Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Stanford University since 2006. His research spans Islamic thought and law in the early and post-formative periods. In addition, he has made groundbreaking contributions to the history of the Qur'ān and the ḥadīth literature in a series of published essays.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1107529786
• ISBN 13: 9781107529786
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 242
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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