Legal Authority in Premodern Islam: Yahya B Sharaf Al-Nawawi in the Shafi'i School of Law

ISBN-13: 9780367869229 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 132 str.

Fachrizal A. Halim

Opis

This book presents a comprehensive picture of the structure of authority in Islamic law. It does this specifically within the Shafi’ite legal tradition and the novel aspects of al-Nawawi’s legacy and contributions.

Spis treści

Introduction 1 The Biography of Al-Nawawi 2 the reception of Al-Nawai and his Legacy to Later Shafi’ite Jurists 3 The Tariqa of the Iraqians and the Khurasanians in the Shafi’I School of Law 4 the Canonization of the School’s Doctrines 5 The Vindication of the Shafi’I Madhhab and its Principles Conclusion

O autorze

Fachrizal A. Halim teaches at Sunan Kalijaga Islamic State Islamic University (UIN), Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Prior to joining UIN, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Islamic Legal Studies Program, at the Harvard Law School. He taught at Université de Montréal and Collège Marie-Victorin in Montreal.