This book highlights a number of the major Sufi figures whose writings on legal theory were strongly shaped by their Sufism, showing how they belonged to the same tradition and developed each other's ideas. The book focuses in particular on Ibn ?Arabi, giving a detailed analysis of his legal thought and revealing his influence on a number of major Sufi figures all the way up to the 19th century. Other key figures whose influence is explored are al-Tirmidhi , al-Sha?rani and Ibn Idris. This is the first study to give a full picture of the role that Sufi thought played in the revivalist Islamic movements of the 18th, 19th and even 20th centuries.
This book is not about Sufism. It is about the nature of the Shari?a. In the first three centuries of Islam, many scholars believed that juristic differences were rooted in the Shari?a's inherent flexibility. As this pluralistic attitude began to disappear, a number of Sufis defended and developed this idea through the centuries. They aimed to preserve the leniency and simplicity of the Shari?a against the complications and restrictions created by many jurists.
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Samer Dajani tackles one of the most controversial issues in Islamic intellectual history, the relationship between Sufism and Islamic law. Where others have found tension, he finds creative engagement over a period stretching from the formation of Islamic legal theory down to modern times. This learned and deeply researched book deserves a wide readership. -- Adam Sabra, University of California A rich work that considerably expands our knowledge of an important yet relatively understudied facet of the thought of Ibn ?Arabi and his followers...this book is a major contribution to our understanding of the essential features and influence of Ibn ?Arabi's fiqh and deserves a wide readership. -- Fitzroy Morrissey, University of Oxford * JAOS *
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Dr Samer Dajani gained his PhD in Near and Middle Eastern Studies from SOAS in 2015, before spending a year as a Research Fellow at the Cambridge Muslim College and then working as a lecturer in both Sufism and Modern Islamic Thought at the Muslim College in Ealing, London until 2020. He then stopped teaching to focus on a major new research project, and has given talks on selected subjects from this research at The University of Cambridge, The University of Exeter, SOAS and the annual BRAIS Conference. His publications include 'Ibn ?Arabi and the Theory of a Flexible Shari?a', in the Journal of the Muhyiddin Ibn ?Arabi Society (2018), 'The Centrality of Ibn ?Arabi in Popular ?adith Chains', in the Journal of the Muhyid-din Ibn ?Arabi Society (2017) and a 2013 book, Reassurance for the Seeker: A Biography and Translation of ?ali? al-Ja?fari's al-Fawai?d al-Ja?fariyya, a Commentary on Forty Prophetic Traditions.
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Introduction: The Sufis and Legal Theory
The Sufis and U?ul al-fiqh
Part One: Mysticism, Traditionalism, and the School of Mercy
Chapter 1: The Schools of Law
Ijtihad and the Science of Legal Theory
Hadith vs Sunna
Rationalists vs Traditionalists
The Traditionist-Jurisprudents
The Great Synthesis and the Four Madhhabs
The ?ahiris
Chapter 2: Sufis and Traditionalism
Sufis and Fiqh
Affinities between the Mystics and Traditionalists
Conceptions of Sainthood Among the Traditionalist Movement
The Mystics and the Schools
Chapter 3: Al-Tirmidhi's Critique of Rationalism
A Brief Sketch of Tirmidhi's Life and Intellectual Upbringing
Tirmidhi and Jurisprudence
?ikma: The Spiritual Wisdom Behind the Divine Prescriptions
Tirmidhi's Conception of Ijtihad
The Law is Mercy
Conclusion
Chapter 4: Ibn ?Arabi's Traditionalism
The life of Ibn ?Arabi
The Intellectual Environment in Andalusia
The Influence of Eastern Mystics and Sufis
Mysticism, Traditions and Traditionalism
Ibn ?Arabi and the Works of Ibn ?azm
Chapter 5: The Akbari Madhhab: Ibn ?Arabi's School of Mercy
Ibn ?Arabi and ?ahirism
Original Licitness and The Ease Principle
Divine Pardon and Mercy
Ibn ?Arabi's Position on Ijtihad
Taqlid, Pluralism and God's Mercy
Summary
Did Ibn ?Arabi Have His Own Madhhab?
Chapter 6: Loyalty to the Akbari Way: ?Abd al-Wahhab al-Sha?rani
?Abd al-Wahhab al-Sha?rani
Sha?rani's Writings on Ibn ?Arabi
The Removal of the Fog
Part Two: Mercy in Flexibility: A Path for All Mankind
Chapter 7: The All-Comprehensive Nature of the Shari?a: From Tirmidhi to Suyu?i
The Early Concept of Leeway
The Position of the Four Madhhabs
Ibn ?anbal and the Traditionalists
Al-?akim al-Tirmidhi
Ibn ?Arabi
Taqi al-Din al-Subki
Al-Suyu?i
Difference of Perspective
Chapter 8: The 'Scale' of ?Abd al-Wahhab al-Sha?rani
The Scale
The Sufi Ideas Underlying the Theory
The Concept of Leeway vs the Concept of Abrogation
Sha?rani's Defence of the Madhhabs
Why Sha?rani Wrote the Mizan
The Problem of Talfiq
Part Three: The Akbari Madhhab in Practice and its Influence on the Modern World
Chapter 9: A?mad ibn Idris and the Implementation of Ibn ?Arabi's Jurisprudence in the 19th Century
The Importance of A?mad ibn Idris
His Education
Ibn Idris as Teacher
Ibn Idris as Heir to Ibn ?Arabi
Ibn Idris's Study of the Jurisprudential Sections of the Futu?at
Chapter 10: The Teachings and Influence of A?mad ibn Idris
The Teachings of Ibn Idris on Ijtihad
The Idrisi Tradition and Beyond
Chapter 11: From Ibn ?Arabi to the Salafis
The Hijaz Revival
Shah Wali-Allah and the Indian Ahl-i Hadith Movement
The Iraqi and Moroccan Revivalists
The Damascene Salafiyya
Ma?mud Kha??ab al-Subki's al-Jam?iyya al-Shar?iy
Conclusion
The Spirit of the Law: Competing Visions
Appendix: The Classical Juristic Debate on Whether or not Every Mujtahid Was Correct
Al-Ghazali and Infallibilism
Ibn ?Arabi, Suyu?i and Sha?rani
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