Narratives of Islamic legal theory
By: by Rumee Ahmed
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Oxford Islamic legal studies
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oxford, U.K
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780199640171
Subjects: Islamic law; Interpretation and construction
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-170) and index.
Table of contents: title: From God's speech to Islamic law : defining the Qurʼān; title: Re-creating the prophetic model; title: The limits of considered opinion (Ra'y).