
Lessons in Islamic Jurisprudence
Muhammad Baqir As-Sadr(Author)
Oneworld Publications (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 6. June 2003
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-1-85168-324-6 (ISBN)
Description
This is an English translation of one of the most famous texts by the influential and charismatic Islamic activist, as-Sadr, who was executed by Saddam Hussein in Iraq in 1980. As-Sadr's books have made him one of the most celebrated Arab Muslim intellectuals of modern times. This text is used throughout the Sunni and Shi'a world by students of Islamic jurisprudence because of its succinctness and intellectual vigour. Mottahedeh's translation is accompanied by a detailed introduction which explains and places in context as-Sadr's views. Representing an attempt to relate a large body of Islamic law to scripture, this translation should be of great interest to students of scripture, hermeneutics and law.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
glossary, index
ISBN-13
978-1-85168-324-6 (9781851683246)
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Author
Introduction
Translation
Gurney Professor of Middle Eastern History, Harvard University, USA
Content
1 Characterization of jurisprudence: a preliminary word; characterization of jurisprudence; the subject matter of jurisprudence; the discipline of jurisprudence is the logic of legal understanding; the importance of the discipline of jurisprudence in the practice of derivation; jurisprudence is to legal understanding as theory is to application; the interaction between legal-understanding thought and jurisprudential thought; the permissibility of the process of deriving divine-legal rulings. 2 Substantiating arguments: the divine-law ruling and its subdivision; the division of rulings into injunctive and declaratory; categories of the injunctive ruling; areas of discussion in the discipline of jurisprudence; the divine-law argument. 3 Procedural principles: the fundamental procedural principle; the secondary procedural principle; the principle of the inculpatoriness of non-specific knowledge; the presumption of continuity. 4 The conflict of arguments: conflict between substantiating arguments; conflict between (procedural) principles; conflict between the two types of argument.