Description
Book SynopsisThis book presents a new reading and understanding of Islamic jurisprudence's history from its earliest period. The book uses a variety of Arabic primary sources to provide a critical assessment of the history, development, and impact of Islamic jurisprudence in the Muslim world.
Trade Review"This comprehensive and deeply thoughtful study of the rise and development of what eventually came to be known as Sunni jurisprudence will be welcomed by scholars of Islam. The work is distinguished by a desire to rise above traditional biases whether eastern or western. The exhaustive critical apparatus is a welcome bibliographic guide to a most important topic and it is a pleasure to warmly recommend this fruit of many years dedicated labor to interested readers." – Todd Lawson, University of Toronto, Canada
"Bsoul presented the significance of intellectual history in deciphering chronologically the development of Islamic jurisprudence. It is precisely an unbiased work of written history that describes and analyzes the legalistic nature of Islam from the Prophet's time to the dominance of juristic interpretations basing from the exigencies of changing times.... This book is highly recommended to all individuals interested in furthering their knowledge about the jurisprudential aspect of Islam and its impact to the modern world today." - Nassef Manabilang Adiong, Co-founder, International Relations and Islamic Studies Research Cohort (Co-IRIS)
Table of ContentsIntroduction
1. Islamic Jurisprudence during the Prophetic Era
2. Jurisprudence, Ijtih?d, and the Centers of Legal Scholarship
3. The Codification Movement
4. The Attachment of Legal Rulings to Underlying Principles (Ta???l) and the Derivation of Subsidiary Rulings (Tafr??): The Emergence of the Major Schools of Islamic Law
Concluding Remarks
