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Narratives of Islamic Legal Theory

Ahmed Rumee
Innbundet / 2012 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780199640171
Publisert
2012
Utgiver
Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press
Vekt
446 gr
Høyde
242 mm
Bredde
166 mm
Dybde
17 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
192

Forfatter
Ahmed Rumee

Om bidragsyterne

Rumee Ahmed is Associate Professor of Islamic Law in the Department of Classics, Near Eastern and Religious Studies at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. He received his doctorate from the University of Virginia in Religious Studies, in the Islamic Scripture, Interpretation and Practice program. His research interests include Islamic law, theology, legal theory, and Qur'an interpretation.

Narratives of Islamic Legal Theory

Ahmed Rumee
Innbundet / 2012 / Engelsk
Ahmed Rumee
Innbundet / 2012 / Engelsk
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At a time when, for instance, the European Court of Human Rights persists in presenting Islamic law as a stagnant and monolithic entity, Ahmed's work presents a detailed, careful counter-narrative which reminds us that, even in the eleventh century, Islamic legal theory was vibrant, political and alive.

Legal Studies

This book is a harbinger of good things to come in the study of Islamic legal theory... this book is exceptionally clear and accessible to non-specialists who wish to get a glimpse of the sophistication and diversity that have characterized Muslims reflections on the law of God.

Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations

This book is absolutely first-rate and it is difficult for me to praise this book too highly.

The Heythrop Journal

In the critical period when Islamic law first developed, a new breed of jurists developed a genre of legal theory treatises to explore how the fundamental moral teachings of Islam might operate as a legal system. Seemingly rhetorical and formulaic, these manuals have long been overlooked for the insight they offer into the early formation of Islamic conceptions of law and its role in social life. In this book, Rumee Ahmed shatters the prevailing misconceptions of the purpose and form of the Islamic legal treatise. Ahmed describes how Muslim jurists used the genre of legal theory to argue for individualized, highly creative narratives about the application of Islamic law while demonstrating loyalty to inherited principles and general prohibitions. These narratives are revealed through careful attention to the nuanced way in which legal theorists defined terms and concepts particular to the legal theory genre, and developed pictures of multiple worlds in which Islamic law should ideally function. Ahmed takes the reader into the logic of Islamic legal theory to uncover diverse conceptions of law and legal application in the Islamic tradition, clarifying and making accessible the sometimes obscure legal theories of central figures in the history of Islamic law. The book offers important insights about the ways in which legal philosophy and theology mutually influenced premodern jurists as they formulated their respective visions of law, ethics, and theology. The volume is the first in the Oxford Islamic Legal Studies series. Satisfying the growing interest in Islam and Islamic law, the series speaks to both specialists and those interested in the study of a legal tradition that shapes lives and societies across the globe. The series features innovative and interdisciplinary studies that explore Islamic law as it operates in shaping private decision making, binding communities, and as domestic positive law. The series also sheds new light on the history and jurisprudence of Islamic law and provides for a richer understanding of the state of Islamic law in the contemporary Muslim world, including parts of the world where Muslims are minorities.
Les mer
In this book Rumee Ahmed shatters the prevailing misconceptions of the purpose and form of the Islamic legal treatise. Through a subtle interpretation of the work of major Islamic jurists, he reveals how the moral teachings of Islam were translated into a legal context in the critical, formative period of Islamic law.
Les mer
APPENDIX ; BIBLIOGRAPHY
Re-examines how and why legal theory treatises (usul al-fiqh) were written, revealing the underlying narratives animating Muslim jurists' understanding of the law Outlines the ways in which legal philosophy and theology mutually influenced premodern jurists as they formulated their respective visions of law, ethics, and theology Draws on two case studies of key medieval Hanafi jurists, Abu Zayd al-Dabusi and Muhammad b. Ahmad al-Sarakhsi, both seminal figures in the history of Islamic jurisprudence
Les mer
Rumee Ahmed is Associate Professor of Islamic Law in the Department of Classics, Near Eastern and Religious Studies at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. He received his doctorate from the University of Virginia in Religious Studies, in the Islamic Scripture, Interpretation and Practice program. His research interests include Islamic law, theology, legal theory, and Qur'an interpretation.
Les mer
Re-examines how and why legal theory treatises (usul al-fiqh) were written, revealing the underlying narratives animating Muslim jurists' understanding of the law Outlines the ways in which legal philosophy and theology mutually influenced premodern jurists as they formulated their respective visions of law, ethics, and theology Draws on two case studies of key medieval Hanafi jurists, Abu Zayd al-Dabusi and Muhammad b. Ahmad al-Sarakhsi, both seminal figures in the history of Islamic jurisprudence
Les mer

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At a time when, for instance, the European Court of Human Rights persists in presenting Islamic law as a stagnant and monolithic entity, Ahmed's work presents a detailed, careful counter-narrative which reminds us that, even in the eleventh century, Islamic legal theory was vibrant, political and alive.

Legal Studies

This book is a harbinger of good things to come in the study of Islamic legal theory... this book is exceptionally clear and accessible to non-specialists who wish to get a glimpse of the sophistication and diversity that have characterized Muslims reflections on the law of God.

Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations

This book is absolutely first-rate and it is difficult for me to praise this book too highly.

The Heythrop Journal

In the critical period when Islamic law first developed, a new breed of jurists developed a genre of legal theory treatises to explore how the fundamental moral teachings of Islam might operate as a legal system. Seemingly rhetorical and formulaic, these manuals have long been overlooked for the insight they offer into the early formation of Islamic conceptions of law and its role in social life. In this book, Rumee Ahmed shatters the prevailing misconceptions of the purpose and form of the Islamic legal treatise. Ahmed describes how Muslim jurists used the genre of legal theory to argue for individualized, highly creative narratives about the application of Islamic law while demonstrating loyalty to inherited principles and general prohibitions. These narratives are revealed through careful attention to the nuanced way in which legal theorists defined terms and concepts particular to the legal theory genre, and developed pictures of multiple worlds in which Islamic law should ideally function. Ahmed takes the reader into the logic of Islamic legal theory to uncover diverse conceptions of law and legal application in the Islamic tradition, clarifying and making accessible the sometimes obscure legal theories of central figures in the history of Islamic law. The book offers important insights about the ways in which legal philosophy and theology mutually influenced premodern jurists as they formulated their respective visions of law, ethics, and theology. The volume is the first in the Oxford Islamic Legal Studies series. Satisfying the growing interest in Islam and Islamic law, the series speaks to both specialists and those interested in the study of a legal tradition that shapes lives and societies across the globe. The series features innovative and interdisciplinary studies that explore Islamic law as it operates in shaping private decision making, binding communities, and as domestic positive law. The series also sheds new light on the history and jurisprudence of Islamic law and provides for a richer understanding of the state of Islamic law in the contemporary Muslim world, including parts of the world where Muslims are minorities.
Les mer
In this book Rumee Ahmed shatters the prevailing misconceptions of the purpose and form of the Islamic legal treatise. Through a subtle interpretation of the work of major Islamic jurists, he reveals how the moral teachings of Islam were translated into a legal context in the critical, formative period of Islamic law.
Les mer
APPENDIX ; BIBLIOGRAPHY
Re-examines how and why legal theory treatises (usul al-fiqh) were written, revealing the underlying narratives animating Muslim jurists' understanding of the law Outlines the ways in which legal philosophy and theology mutually influenced premodern jurists as they formulated their respective visions of law, ethics, and theology Draws on two case studies of key medieval Hanafi jurists, Abu Zayd al-Dabusi and Muhammad b. Ahmad al-Sarakhsi, both seminal figures in the history of Islamic jurisprudence
Les mer
Rumee Ahmed is Associate Professor of Islamic Law in the Department of Classics, Near Eastern and Religious Studies at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. He received his doctorate from the University of Virginia in Religious Studies, in the Islamic Scripture, Interpretation and Practice program. His research interests include Islamic law, theology, legal theory, and Qur'an interpretation.
Les mer
Re-examines how and why legal theory treatises (usul al-fiqh) were written, revealing the underlying narratives animating Muslim jurists' understanding of the law Outlines the ways in which legal philosophy and theology mutually influenced premodern jurists as they formulated their respective visions of law, ethics, and theology Draws on two case studies of key medieval Hanafi jurists, Abu Zayd al-Dabusi and Muhammad b. Ahmad al-Sarakhsi, both seminal figures in the history of Islamic jurisprudence
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780199640171
Publisert
2012
Utgiver
Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press
Vekt
446 gr
Høyde
242 mm
Bredde
166 mm
Dybde
17 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
192

Forfatter
Ahmed Rumee

Om bidragsyterne

Rumee Ahmed is Associate Professor of Islamic Law in the Department of Classics, Near Eastern and Religious Studies at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. He received his doctorate from the University of Virginia in Religious Studies, in the Islamic Scripture, Interpretation and Practice program. His research interests include Islamic law, theology, legal theory, and Qur'an interpretation.

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