The Form and Function of Legal Qur?an Commentaries
Insights from a Yemeni Zaydi Tafsir
Published on 11. December 2025
Book
Hardback
314 pages
978-90-04-74758-6 (ISBN)
Description
This book is the first Western-language study of a legal Qur?an commentary and the first examination of a Zaydi tafsir. It proposes an original framework for classifying legal passages of the Qur?an based on Sayyid Mu?ammad b. al-Hadi's (d. 720/1320) Qur?an commentary, The Garden and the Pool. It shows that the legal Qur?an commentary format can serve both as a teaching tool and as a platform for a Muslim jurist to demonstrate his legal expertise. This book includes a critical edition of Mu?ammad b. al-Hadi's interpretation of the Sura of Light based on a manuscript written by the author himself.
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Language
Other
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
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Laminated cover
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
616 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-74758-6 (9789004747586)
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Scott C. Lucas, Ph.D. (2002), University of Chicago, is Associate Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Arizona. He has published on Sunni hadith literature, Qur?an commentary, and Zaydi Shi'ism, including Constructive Critics, Hadith Literature, and the Articulation of Sunni Islam (Brill 2004).
Content
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Introduction
Chapter 1: Mu?ammad b. al-Hadi and his Place in the Zaydi Intellectual Tradition
Chapter 2: Mu?ammad b. al-Hadi's Legal Qur?an Commentary: Method and Sources
Chapter 3: Mu?ammad b. al-Hadi's 199 Legal Passages in the Qur?an: A Framework for Analysis
Chapter 4: Legal Passages in the Sura of Light
Chapter 5: Prayer
Chapter 6: Divorce
Chapter 7: Warfare
Conclusion
Bibliography
Appendix A: Critical Edition of the Commentary on the Sura of Light in The Garden and the Pool
Appendix B: English Translation of Mu?ammad b. al-Hadi's 199 Legal Passages in the Qur?an
Introduction
Chapter 1: Mu?ammad b. al-Hadi and his Place in the Zaydi Intellectual Tradition
Chapter 2: Mu?ammad b. al-Hadi's Legal Qur?an Commentary: Method and Sources
Chapter 3: Mu?ammad b. al-Hadi's 199 Legal Passages in the Qur?an: A Framework for Analysis
Chapter 4: Legal Passages in the Sura of Light
Chapter 5: Prayer
Chapter 6: Divorce
Chapter 7: Warfare
Conclusion
Bibliography
Appendix A: Critical Edition of the Commentary on the Sura of Light in The Garden and the Pool
Appendix B: English Translation of Mu?ammad b. al-Hadi's 199 Legal Passages in the Qur?an