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Disagreements of the jurists : a manual of Islamic legal theory

Title: Disagreements of the jurists : a manual of Islamic legal theory / by Al-Qāḍī al-Nuʻmān ; edited and translated by Devin J. Stewart ; volume editor, Joseph E. Lowry.
Author: Nuʻmān ibn Muḥammad, Abū Ḥanīfah, -974.
Publication: New York : New York University Press, [2015]

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Description

xxxviii, 408 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"Al-Qāḍimal-Nu'mān was the chief legal theorist and ideologue of the North African Fatimid dynasty in the tenth century. This translation makes available in English for the first time his major work on Islamic legal theory (uṣūl al-fiqh), which presents a legal model in support of the Fatimids' principle of legitimate rule over the Islamic community. Composed as part of a grand project to establish the theoretical bases of the official Fatimid legal school, Disagreements of the Jurists expounds a distinctly Shi'i system of hermeneutics, which refutes the methods of legal interpretation adopted by Sunni jurists"--

Series Statement

Library of Arabic literature

Uniform Title

Ikhtilāf uṣūl al-madhāhib. English
Library of Arabic literature.

Alternative Title

Ikhtilāf uṣūl al-madhāhib.

Subjects

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-392) and index.

Language (note)

Text in Arabic with English translation on facing pages; introduction in English.

Contents

The cause of disagreement -- Disagreement over the rulings of the religion -- Against disagreement over the rulings of the religion -- The method of the adherents of the truth when the correct ruling on an issue is not known -- Against arbitrary submission to authority -- The difference between submission to illegitimate authorities and referral to the legitimate authorities -- Against consensus -- Against speculative -- Against analogy -- Against preference -- Against inference -- Against legal interpretation and personal judgment.

Call Number

JFE 16-3023

ISBN

9780814763926
0814763928
0814763758
9780814763759
9780814771426 (canceled/invalid)
0814771424 (canceled/invalid)
9780814763759 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2014022181

OCLC

881387898

Author

Nuʻmān ibn Muḥammad, Abū Ḥanīfah, -974.

Title

Disagreements of the jurists : a manual of Islamic legal theory / by Al-Qāḍī al-Nuʻmān ; edited and translated by Devin J. Stewart ; volume editor, Joseph E. Lowry.

Publisher

New York : New York University Press, [2015]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Library of Arabic literature

Library of Arabic literature.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-392) and index.

Language

Text in Arabic with English translation on facing pages; introduction in English.

Added Author

Stewart, Devin J., editor, translator.

Lowry, Joseph E. (Joseph Edmund), editor.

Research Call Number

JFE 16-3023

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