Authority, Conflict, and the Transmission of Diversity in Medieval Islamic Law

Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-90-04-14745-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 26, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 167 mm x 247 mm, Gewicht: 721 g

Reihe: Studies in Islamic Law and Society

This book looks at 'ṬabaqÄt al-fuqahÄʾ al-shÄfiÊ¿Ä«yah' by Ibn QÄá¸Ä« Shuhbah (d. 851/1448) and how its author attempted to portray the development of the ShÄfiÊ¿Ä« school of law up to his own times.
The volume examines the impact of crises on the formation of the 'á¹­abaqÄt' genre. It demonstrates how 'á¹­abaqÄt', dedicated to explicating religious authority, were used by authors to sort-out challenges to intellectual orthodoxies. It also examines in detail the 'ṬabaqÄt' directly, demonstrating Ibn QÄá¸Ä« Shuhbah’s depiction of the development of ShÄfiÊ¿Ä« law, the formation of intellectual sub-schools within the 'madhhab', the causes of legal decline, and curatives for the decline that are to be found in the great ShÄfiÊ¿Ä« 'IkhtilÄf' (divergent opinion) texts: the 'Ê¿AzÄ«z sharḥ al-wajÄ«z' by al-RÄfiÊ¿Ä« and the 'Rawá¸Ät al-á¹­ÄlibÄ«n' by al-NawawÄ«.

Zielgruppe

All those interested in Islamic law, medieval Islamic history, Mamluk history, the social history of medieval education, the development of intellectual traditions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jaques, Kevin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islamisches Recht
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Islamisches Recht
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Geschichte des Islam Geschichte des Islam: 7. - 14. Jahrhundert
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsgeschichte, Recht der Antike

Über Autor(innen)

Jaques, Kevin
R. Kevin Jaques, Ph.D. (2001) in West and South Asian Religions, Emory University, is an Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University.