Law and Tradition in Classical Islamic Thought [electronic resource] : Studies in Honor of Professor Hossein Modarressi /
Cook, Michael.editor.
Haider, Najam.editor.
Rabb, Intisar.editor.
Sayeed, Asma.editor.
Bringing together essays on topics related to Islamic law, this book is composed of articles by prominent legal scholars and historians of Islam. They exemplify a critical development in the field of Islamic Studies: the proliferation of methodological approaches that employ a broad variety of sources to analyze social and political developments.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- Part One: Islamic Law and Its Sources * References to the Shi'a in the Qur'an: Notes on Imami Exegesis and the "Abu Basir Tradition"--Etan Kohlberg * The Stylometric Approach to the Composition and Chronology of the Qur'an--Behnam Sadeki * Why Incline to the Left in Prayer? Sectarianism, Dialectic, and Archaeology in Imami Shi'ism--Michael Cook * Shi'i Hadith Methodology in Shi'i Usuli Legal Argumentation--Tariq al-Jamil * Fatima and Abu Bakr: Inheritance Law in Sectarian Polemics--Denise Soufi * 'Alid Women in Hadith Literature: The Legacies of Sukayna bt. Al-Husayn and Nafisa bt. Al-Hasan b. Zayd--Asma Sayeed * Part Two: Discourses on Islamic Law * Ijtihad and Taqlid: Practice and Concept--Roy Mottahedeh * The Discourses on Husn and Qubh in Sunni and Shi'i Jurisprudence--Khaled Abou El Fadl * Mu'awiya in Medina: A Shafi'i-Zaydi Attack on the Integrity of Medinan 'Amal--Najam Haider * When Jurists Disappear: The Social Logic of Legal Maxims--Intisar A. Rabb * Part Three: Intellectual Traditions * The Place of Logic in the Curriculum of the Khayrabadi School: From Imam-i Haqq to Muntakhab al-Haqq--Asad Ahmed * Two Commentaries on Najm al-Din al-Katibi's al-Risala al-Shamsiyya--Sabine Schmitdke * Al-Hasan b. Musa al-Nawbakhti: Shi'i Theologian or Philosopher?--Wilferd Madelung * Conversion and Law: A Muslim-Christian Comparison--Richard Bulliet.
Bringing together essays on topics related to Islamic law, this book is composed of articles by prominent legal scholars and historians of Islam. They exemplify a critical development in the field of Islamic Studies: the proliferation of methodological approaches that employ a broad variety of sources to analyze social and political developments.
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Islam.
Middle Eastern Culture.
History of Religion.
Philosophy of Religion.
Islamic Theology.
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