In this book, Amr Osman seeks to expand and re-interpret what we know about the history and doctrine of the ?ahiri madhhab. Based on an extensive prosopographical survey, he concludes that the founder, Dawud al-?ahiri, was closer in profile and doctrine to the Ahl al-Ra'y than to the Ahl al-?adith. Furthermore, Ibn ?azm al-Andalusi may have had a damaging effect on the madhhab, which never actually developed into a full-fledged school of law. By examining the meaning of '?ahir' and modern scholarship on 'literalism', he challenges the view that ?ahirism was literalist, proposing 'textualism' as an accurate reflection of its premises, methodology, and goals as a hermeneutical and legal theory.
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The Za?hiri Madhhab makes an incisive contribution to the history of Islamic law generally and the Za?hiri madhhab in particular. Readers should find Osman's comprehensive discussion of the origin and development of the Za?hiri tradition, as well as his elaborate biographies of Dawud al-Za? hiri and Ibn H?azm, rich, lucid and highly informative.
Mourad Laabdi in Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations 27.3 (2015), 345-347.
DOI: 10.1080/09596410.2015.1108629
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Höhe: 241 mm
Breite: 159 mm
Dicke: 22 mm
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978-90-04-27619-2 (9789004276192)
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Amr Osman, Ph.D. (2010), Princeton University, is Assistant Professor of Islamic History at Qatar University. His publications include Adalat al-Sahaba: The Construction of a Religious Doctrine, and Human Intervention in Divine Speech: The Waqf Rules and the Redaction of the Qur'anic Text.
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part One: The History of the ?ahiri Madhhab
Ch. One: Dawud al-?ahiri and the Beginnings of the ?ahiri Madhhab
Ch. Two: The Spread and Retreat of the ?ahiri madhhab
Part Two: ?ahirism: A Critical Review
Ch. Three: Jurisprudence in Third/Ninth-Century Baghdad
Ch. Four: ?ahirism between the Ahl al-Ra'y and the Ahl al-?adith
Ch. Five: ?ahirism, Literalism and Textualism
Ch. Six: Case Studies
Conclusions
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