Disagreements of the Jurists: A Manual of Islamic Legal Theory (Library of Arabic Literature)
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| Rating | : | 4.58 (501 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1479808075 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-13 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Devin J. 364 H/974 AD) was born in Tunisia and joined the service of the Fatimids in 313 H/925 AD, eventually rising to the position of supreme judge. Stewart is Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Emory University. As the most important jurist and legal author of the Fatimid Empire, his work founded Ismaili law as a discipline.. He has wr
“This book will be useful especially to those who are interested in the history of law and…the history of the Fatimids.”-Speculum
The work begins with a discussion of the historical causes of jurisprudential divergence in the first Islamic centuries and goes on to engage, point by point, with the specific interpretive methods of Sunni legal theory. This translation makes available for the first time in English his major work on Islamic legal theory (usul al-fiqh), which presents a legal model in support of the Fatimid claim to legitimate rule.Composed as part of a grand project to establish the theoretical bases of the official Fatimid legal school, Disagreements of the Jurist