The Epistle on Legal Theory: Muhammad Ibn Idris Al-shafi I: A Translation of Al-Shafi'i's Risalah - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0814769985 ISBN 13: 9780814769980

Casa editrice: New York Univ Pr, 2013

Riassunto

The Epistle on Legal Theory is the oldest surviving Arabic work on Islamic legal theory and thefoundational document of Islamic jurisprudence. Its author, Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i (d.204 H/820 AD), was the eponym of the Shafi'i school of legal thought, one of the four rites inSunni Islam. This fascinating work offers the first systematic treatment in Arabic of key issuesin Islamic legal thought. These include a survey of the importance of Arabic as the language ofrevelation, principles of textual interpretation to be applied to the Qur'an and prophetic Traditions,techniques for harmonizing apparently contradictory precedents, legal epistemology, rulesof inference, and discussions of when legal interpretation is required. The author illustrates histheoretical claims with numerous examples drawn from nearly all areas of Islamic law, includingritual law, commercial law, tort law, and criminal law. The text thus provides an important window into both Islamic law and legal thought in particular and early Islamic intellectual history in general. The Arabic text has been established on the basis of the two most important critical editions and includesvariants in the notes, while the English text is a new translation by a leading scholar of Shafi'i and his thought. The Epistle onLegal Theory represents one of the earliest complete works on Islamic law, one that is centrally important for the formation ofIslamic legal thought and the Islamic legal tradition.

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Recensione:

"This is a very accurate and eloquent translation. Al-Shafi'i's language is notoriously ambiguous and many of his phrases and expressions carry multiple possible meanings... The translator's use of suitable English terms makes the text easy to read, unburdened by transliterations or overly cumbersome terminology." --Ahmed El Shamsy, University of Chicago

L'autore:

Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i (d. 204H/820AD) was the eponym of the Shafi'i school of legal thought, one of the four rites in Sunni Islam.

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• Editore: New York Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0814769985
• ISBN 13: 9780814769980
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 504
• Redattore: Lowry Joseph E.